Contribution of the digastric muscles to the control of bite force in man

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-56

  Van Willigen, J D ^a   Otten, E ^a   Slager, G E C ^a   Broekhuijsen, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bite force; Digastric muscle; Jaw; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; BODY POSTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

BITE FORCE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030820797     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(96)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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