Immediate effect of a stabilization splint on masticatory muscle activity in temporomandibular disorder patients

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 810-815

  Ferrario, V F ^a,b   Sforza, C ^a   Tartaglia, G M ^a   Dellavia, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Man; Occlusal splint; Symmetry; Temporomandibular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BITE FORCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 0036717503     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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