Effect of muscle relaxation splint therapy on the electromyographic activities of masseter and anterior temporalis muscles

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 674-679

  Canay, Şenay ^a,b   Cindaş, Abdullah ^a   Uzun, Gülay ^a   Hersek, Nur ^a   Kutsal, Yeşim Gökçe ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BITE FORCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032086824     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90034-8     Document Type: Article

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