Management of mouth opening in patients with temporomandibular disorders through low-level laser therapy and transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Núñez, Silvia Cristina ^a,c   Garcez, Aguinaldo Silva ^a   Suzuki, Selly Sayuri ^b   Ribeiro, Martha Simões ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRICAL NEURAL STIMULATION; LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTISTRY; DIODE LASER; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MOUTH OPENING; NECK PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33645221079     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.45     Document Type: Article

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