Age and gender influence on maximal bite force and masticatory muscles thickness

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 797-802

  Palinkas, Marcelo ^a   Nassar, Mariangela Salles Pereira ^a   Cecílio, Flávia Argentato ^a   Siéssere, Selma ^a,b   Semprini, Marisa ^a,b   MacHado De Sousa, João Paulo ^a,b   Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio ^a,b   Regalo, Simone Cecílio Hallak ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b National Science and Technology Institute INCT for Translational Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Human masseter; Human temporal; Muscle thickness; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BITE FORCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958048797     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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