Sensitivity of the jaw-jerk reflex in patients with myogenous temporomandibular disorder

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-563

  Lobbezoo, F ^a,b   Van Der Glas, H W ^b   Van Der Bilt, A ^b   Buchner, R ^b   Bosman, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

electromyography; jaw jerk reflex; temporomandibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

EID: 0030159453     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(96)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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