Reliability and temporal variation of masseter muscle thickness measurements utilizing ultrasonography

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1168-1172

  Emshoff, R ^a,b   Emshoff, I ^a   Rudisch, A ^a   Bertram, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Höhenstraße 5   (Austria)

Author keywords

Masseter muscle; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASSETER MUSCLE; MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0347479159     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2003.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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