Electromyographic evaluation of the adductor pollicis muscle of elderly patients carriers of removable partial prosthesis when using acrylic devices adapted to the handle of toothbrush

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-119

  De Lordo Franco, R ^a   Vitti, M ^a   Da Gloria Chiarello De Mattos, M ^a   Ribeiro, R F ^a   Semprini, M ^a   Lopes, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REST; SIMULATION; SITTING; STANDING; THENAR; THUMB; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; AGE; BODY POSTURE; DENTAL DEVICE; EVALUATION; HAND; HAND GRIP; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REST; SEX FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0038475693     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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