A comparison of jaw-opener and jaw-closer muscle activity in humans to overcome an external force counteracting jaw movement

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-278

  Abbink, J H ^a   Van Der Bilt, A ^a   Bosman, F ^a   Van Der Glas, H W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digastric muscle; Masseter muscle; Motor control; Perturbation; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0031983549     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050281     Document Type: Article

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