Objective: Surface Electromyography of masticatory muscles (sEMG) is used as a tool to support diagnosis and treatment of Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). The study aimed at examining jaw muscles pattern in individuals with temporomandibular joint disc displacement with reduction (TMJ/DDR). This sort of subjects was supposed to have a different muscular pattern compared to the control group. Materials and methods: Sixty-four women with unilateral TMJ/DDR and forty TMD-free women underwent a sEMG assessment of masticatory muscles. Descriptive statistics were performed. Student T-Test assessed differences between the two groups. Statistical significance was set at ρ < 0.05. Result: The t-test showed statistically significant results only in BAR and SMI scores (ρ value < 0,0001). The other measurements did not differ between the two groups. BAR index values of all healthy subjects were within the reference range. Almost the entire TMJ/DDR group had BAR index out of reference range and anteriorly placed. Conclusion: Women with TMJ/DDR showed an altered recruitment of the jaw muscles, with significant difference between the activity of the couple of temporalis and the one of masseters, compared to the control group. A lower chewing efficiency was found in the DDR group compared to the control one.
Muscular pattern in patients with temporomandibular joint disc displacement with reduction: an electromyographical assessment / Di Giacomo, P; Ferrato, G; Serritella, E; Polimeni, A; Di Paolo, C. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 1972-6007. - 171:5(2020), pp. 414-420. [10.7417/CT.2020.2251]
Titolo: | Muscular pattern in patients with temporomandibular joint disc displacement with reduction: an electromyographical assessment | |
Autori: | FERRATO, GIACOMO (Secondo) POLIMENI, Antonella (Penultimo) DI PAOLO, Carlo (Ultimo) | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 | |
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Citazione: | Muscular pattern in patients with temporomandibular joint disc displacement with reduction: an electromyographical assessment / Di Giacomo, P; Ferrato, G; Serritella, E; Polimeni, A; Di Paolo, C. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 1972-6007. - 171:5(2020), pp. 414-420. [10.7417/CT.2020.2251] | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1437486 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |
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