Efficacy of mouth opening exercises in treating trismus after maxillectomy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2666-2669

  Ren, Wei Hong ^a   Ao, Hong Wei ^a   Lin, Qing ^a   Xu, Zhen Gang ^b   Zhang, Bin ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Maxillary tumor; Maximal interincisor distance; Therabite system; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MOUTH OPENING EXERCISE; TRISMUS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; TRISMUS;

EID: 84880450550     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123659     Document Type: Article

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