Myofascial Trigger Points in Children With Tension-Type Headache: A New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Option [PDF]
, 2009 The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of a trigger point–specific physiotherapy on headache frequency, intensity, and duration in children with episodic or chronic tension-type headache. Patients were recruited from the special headache
Blaschek, Astrid +9 more
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National Journal of Clinical AnatomyBackground: Examining the masseter muscle is crucial in assessment of temporomandibular disorders, hypertrophy, and sports injuries. The study aims to assess the hardness of masseter muscle in normal adults by muscle hardness meter and ultrasound ...
Deepa Jatti Patil +2 more
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Contrasting phenotypes of putative proprioceptive and nociceptive trigeminal neurons innervating jaw muscle in rat [PDF]
, 2005 Background Despite the clinical significance of muscle pain, and the extensive investigation of the properties of muscle afferent fibers, there has been little study of the ion channels on sensory neurons that innervate muscle.
Mark Connor +4 more
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Turkish Journal of Orthodontics, 2010 Aim:To investigate bilateral masseter and anterior temporalis muscle activities during swallowing, chewing and maximum intercuspitation (MI) in skeletal open and deep-bite groups using electromyography (EMG) method.Subjects and Methods:Surface EMG ...
Özge Uslu-Akçam +3 more
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Drop homotopic effects of masseter-muscle pain on somatosensory sensitivity in healthy participants
Scientific Reports, 2021 Current pain classifications use 1.0-kg palpation of the masseter muscle to distinguish between “pain patients” and “healthy controls” but a thorough understanding of the normal physiological responses to various somatosensory stimuli is lacking. The aim
Hidetoshi Hayakawa +5 more
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Functional evolution of the feeding system in rodents [PDF]
, 2012 The masticatory musculature of rodents has evolved to enable both gnawing at the incisors and chewing at the molars. In particular, the masseter muscle is highly specialised, having extended anteriorly to originate from the rostrum.
Cox, Philip G. +7 more
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Relationship between masseter muscle thickness and overbite values in a Nigerian population
Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2017 Objective: This study determined the relationship between masseter muscle thickness and overbite values among Nigerians. Methods: The subjects included 66 consecutive patients (21 males and 45 females) who presented for fixed orthodontic appliance ...
Soyoye Abigail Olabimpe +3 more
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A prospective cross-over study to evaluate the effect of two different occlusal concepts on the masseter muscle activity in implant-retained mandibular overdentures [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this prospective cross-over study is to evaluate the effect of bilateral balanced occlusion and canine guidance occlusion on the masseter muscle activity using implant-retained mandibular overdentures. METHODS: After evaluation
Ahmed M. Abdelhamid +2 more
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MANDIBULAR SHAPE IN MYOSTATIN-DEFICIENT MICE: A GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS [PDF]
, 2012 The relationship between muscle function and mandibular morphology is unclear. Manipulating the size or function of muscle and then observing the effect on adjacent bone is one way to explore this relationship.
Johnston, Fayth
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A Central Somatic Transmission Mediates Proprioceptive Facilitation of Muscle Pain
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Zhang et al. uncover a novel central mechanism for persistent muscle pain, in which TRPA1 sensitization in MeV proprioceptive neurons enhances somatic secretion. This, in turn, disinhibits descending pain control from neighboring noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons via local GABAergic circuits, thereby promoting inflammatory muscle pain.
Xiaoyu Zhang +15 more
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