Ultrasonographic assessment of local cross-sectional dimensions of masseter muscle sites: A reproducible technique?

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1059-1062

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Masseter muscle; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0036833950     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2002.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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