Reflex responses of the masseter muscle in patients with chronic arthritis or internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint. A comparison with symptom-free subjects

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 805-810

  Bjornland T ^a   Brodin, P ^a   Larheim, T A ^a   Aars, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUSSION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; PERCUSSION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0030331328     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.1996.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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