The Temporomandibular Opening Index (TOI) in patients with closed lock and a control group with no Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD): An initial study

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 815-816

  Miller, V J ^a   Karic, V V ^a   Myers, S L ^b   Exner, H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0034263525     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2000.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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