Flavia Argentato Cecilio, Selma Siéssere, Nicole Barbosa Bettiol, Claire Genoveze Gauch, Paulo Batista de Vasconcelos, Ligia Maria Napolitano Gonçalves, Lilian Mendes Andrade, Isabela Hallak Regalo, Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo, Marcelo Palinkas
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the electromyographic activity (EMG) and thermographic patterns of the masseter and temporalis muscles and pressure of the orofacial tissues in individuals with intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). METHODS: This study had two distinct groups: with IDD (n = 16) and controls (n = 16). EMG at rest, protrusion, right and left laterality, and maximum voluntary contraction were evaluated. Tongue, orbicularis oris, and buccinator muscles pressures were measured by Iowa Oral Performance Instrument...
November 15, 2022: Cranio: the Journal of Craniomandibular Practice