Effects of Two Types of Pillows on Bilateral Sternocleidomastoid EMG Activity in Healthy Subjects and in Patients with Myogenic Cranio-Cervical-Mandibular Dysfunction

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-212

  Palazzi, Carmen ^a,b   Miralles, Rodolfo ^a,b,c   Miranda, Claudio ^a   Valenzuela, Saúl ^a   Casassus, Rodrigo ^a   Santander, Hugo ^a   Ormeño, Guillermo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Chilean Soc of Physiological Sci   (Colombia)

^c Chilean Odontology Journal   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BED; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPINE POSITION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 0033154555     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08869634.1999.11746096     Document Type: Article

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