Effect of a Thick Palatal Appliance on Muscular Symptoms in Craniomandibular Disorders: A Preliminary Study

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 42-47

  Minagi, Shogo ^a,b   Shimamura, Masayuki ^a   Sato, Takashi ^a,b,c   Natsuaki, Nobukuni ^a   Ohta, Masayuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPLINT; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOMANDIBULAR DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALATE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPLINTS; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 0035239830     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2001.11746150     Document Type: Article

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