Effect of stabilization-type splints on the asymmetry of masseter muscle sites during maximal clenching

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-451

  Bertram, S ^a   Rudisch, A ^a   Bodner, G ^a   Emshoff, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Masseter muscle; Stabilization type splint; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOUND; STATISTICS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BITE FORCE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOUND; STATISTICS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0036559223     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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