Mandibular movements at maximum mouth opening and EMG activity of masticatory and neck muscles in patients rehabilitated after a mandibular condyle fracture

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 327-333

  Sforza, Chiarella ^a   Tartaglia, Gianluca M ^a   Lovecchio, Nicola ^a   Ugolini, Alessandro ^a   Monteverdi, Riccardo ^b   Giannì, Aldo Bruno ^b   Ferrario, Virgilio F ^a  

^a Functional Anatomy Research Center FARC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D; EMG; mandible; maxillofacial surgery; motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUXISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NECK MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUE; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STUDENT T TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249111170     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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