EMG and Pain Severity Evaluation in Patients with TMD Using Two Different Occlusal Devices

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-21

  Al Saad, Mona ^a   Akeel, Riyadh ^b,c  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRIC RELATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL PAIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0035240501     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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