A device for temporomandibular joint exercise and trismus correction: design and clinical application

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Lo, Lun Jou ^a   Lin, Chun Li ^b   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypomobility; Oral physiotherapy; Temporomandibular joint; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; EXERCISE; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR ANKYLOSIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS;

EID: 38949106596     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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