Task-related electromyographic spectral changes in the human masseter and temporalis muscles

European journal of oral sciences

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-12

  Farella, Mauro ^a   Van Eijden, Theo ^b   Baccini, Michela ^c   Michelotti, Ambra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BITE FORCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FIBERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0036480899     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2002.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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