NAGIOS: RODERIC FUNCIONANDO

Longitudinal effects of rapid maxillary expansion on masticatory muscles activity

DSpace Repository

Longitudinal effects of rapid maxillary expansion on masticatory muscles activity

dc.contributor.author	Di Palma, Elena	es
dc.contributor.author	Tepedino, Michele	es
dc.contributor.author	Chimenti, Claudio	es
dc.contributor.author	Tartaglia, Gianluca M.	es
dc.contributor.author	Sforza, Chiarella	es
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-19T09:48:04Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-19T09:48:04Z
dc.date.issued	2017	es
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/59690
dc.description.abstract	To investigate the modifications induced by rapid maxillary expansion (RME) on the electromyographic (EMG) activities of the anterior temporal and superficial masseter muscles, in patients without pre-treatment EMG alterations. Twenty-one patients with unilateral posterior cross-bite selected from the orthodontic department of the University of L?Aquila (Italy), were enrolled. There was no control group in this study since each subject acted as a control of her/himself. Two surface EMG recordings were taken: T0 (before RME) and at T1 (3 month after the end of expansion). To verify the neuromuscular equilibrium, the EMG activities of both right and left masseter and anterior temporal muscles were recorded during a test of maximum clench. EMG indexes were compared by paired Student?s t-test. In both occasions, all indices showed a good symmetry between the right and left side masticatory muscles. No statistically significant differences were found between the two recordings. In children without pre-treatment EMG alterations, no variations in standardized muscular activity after RME were found. The treatment did not alter the equilibrium of the masseter and temporal muscles.	es
dc.source	Di Palma, Elena ; Tepedino, Michele ; Chimenti, Claudio ; Tartaglia, Gianluca M. ; Sforza, Chiarella. Longitudinal effects of rapid maxillary expansion on masticatory muscles activity. En: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 9 5 2017: 635-640	es
dc.title	Longitudinal effects of rapid maxillary expansion on masticatory muscles activity	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	en
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion	en
dc.subject.unesco	UNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICAS	es
dc.identifier.doi	10.4317/jced.53544	es