Forces and motor control mechanisms during biting in a realistically balanced experimental occlusion

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1119-1128

  Rues, Stefan ^a,b   Lenz, Jürgen ^a   Türp, Jens C ^c,d   Schweizerhof, Karl ^a   Schindler, Hans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; Jaw muscles; Joint forces; Muscle forces; Optimisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 53549103291     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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