Masseter thickness, endurance and exercise-induced pain in subjects with different vertical craniofacial morphology

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Farella, Mauro ^a   Bakke, Merete ^b   Michelotti, Ambra ^a   Rapuano, Alessia ^a   Martina, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Craniofacial morphology; Dynamic contraction; Masseter muscle; Muscular fatigue; Static contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE; FACE PAIN; FATIGUE; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADULT; BITE FORCE; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FACE; FACIAL PAIN; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0041511656     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2003.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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