An electromyographic study of jaw opening and closing reflexes in man.
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The electromyographic activity of the right masseter and digastric muscles was recorded in 10 subjects. A jaw-opening reflex was observed shortly after a mechanical stimulation in subjects performing clenching and active jaw-opening exercises. The latency of this reflex activity was about 28 ms, coinciding with the termination of the silent period of the masseter muscle. The experiments show that this opening reflex can occur without masseter spindle-unloading and may respond to low-threshold afferents.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of oral biology
دوره 27 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982