Jaw reflexes in healthy old people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 689-696

  Kossioni, Anastassia E ^a   Karkazis, Hercules C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gender; Jaw jerk; Masseter muscle; Old age; Silent period; Stretch reflex; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW OPENING REFLEX; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0031790816     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.6.689     Document Type: Article

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