Keeping up appearances: Don’t frown upon the effects of botulinum toxin injections in facial muscles [PDF]
Clinical Neurophysiology Practice, 2023 Aesthetic use of low doses of Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections into the facial muscles has become a leading non-surgical aesthetic treatment worldwide to reduce facial wrinkles, including glabellar lines, forehead lines, and periorbital wrinkles. Within
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High-resolution surface electromyographic activities of facial muscles during mimic movements in healthy adults: A prospective observational study [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022 ObjectivesSurface electromyography (sEMG) is a standard tool in clinical routine and clinical or psychosocial experiments also including speech research and orthodontics to measure the activity of selected facial muscles to objectify facial movements ...
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Ultrasound Imaging of the Facial Muscles and Relevance with Botulinum Toxin Injections: A Pictorial Essay and Narrative Review [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 High-resolution ultrasound is preferred as the first-line imaging modality for evaluation of superficial soft tissues, such as the facial muscles. In contrast to magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, which require specifically designated ...
Wei-Ting Wu +9 more
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Atlas of voluntary facial muscle activation: Visualization of surface electromyographic activities of facial muscles during mimic exercises. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Complex facial muscle movements are essential for many motoric and emotional functions. Facial muscles are unique in the musculoskeletal system as they are interwoven, so that the contraction of one muscle influences the contractility characteristic of ...
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Dynamic evaluation of facial muscles: 3D skin displacement vector analysis using a facial painting model [PDF]
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021 Background Botulinum toxin A can be used to eliminate dynamic wrinkles by relaxing the muscles involved in facial expressions. Therefore, it is essential to know the location, origin, insertion, function, and changes of the facial expression muscles ...
Hyoung‐Jin Moon, Won Lee, Ji Yun Choi
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Etv1 Controls the Establishment of Non-overlapping Motor Innervation of Neighboring Facial Muscles during Development [PDF]
Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: The somatotopic motor-neuron projections onto their cognate target muscles are essential for coordinated movement, but how that occurs for facial motor circuits, which have critical roles in respiratory and interactive behaviors, is poorly ...
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Having Difficulties Reading the Facial Expression of Older Individuals? Blame It on the Facial Muscles, Not the Wrinkles [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Previous studies have found it is more difficult identifying an emotional expression displayed by an older than a younger face. It is unknown whether this is caused by age-related changes such as wrinkles and folds interfering with perception, or by the ...
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Congenital partial absence of the facial muscles
British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1998 Facial asymmetry in a newborn infant suggests various diagnoses, including birth trauma and congenital hemifacial microsomia. But congenital absence or hypoplasia of facial muscles has not been known except for the depressor anguli oris muscle (DAOM). The authors' experience with surgical treatment of congenital hypoplasia of the risorius, zygomaticus ...
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Effect of Intensive Face Yoga on Facial Muscles Tonus, Stiffness, and Elasticity in Middle-Aged Women: A Pre-Experimental Clinical Trial [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: The effects of face yoga, which continues to be popular as an anti-aging technique, on facial muscles in relation to aging represent an area of interest.
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Functional electrical stimulation of the facial muscles to improve symptoms in individuals with major depressive disorder: pilot feasibility study. [PDF]
Biomed Eng Online, 2019 Kapadia N +5 more
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