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The use of biofeedback to obtain jaw‐muscle relaxation in denture‐wearing subjects
Author(s) -
YEMM R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1983.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - biofeedback , dentures , electromyography , muscle tension , relaxation (psychology) , medicine , muscle relaxation , rest (music) , orthodontics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , dentistry , physical therapy , anesthesia
Summary A group of ten edentulous patients, who had experienced persistent soreness of the mucous membrane underlying their lower dentures, have been shown to exhibit a tendency towards greater activity of the temporal muscle while ostensibly at rest, compared with a number of normal subjects. A biofeedback technique, based on electromyography, proved effective in teaching the patients to relax during an experiment of approximately 20 min duration. In contrast relatively little change could be achieved by the normal subjects. It is concluded that the results support the hypothesis that muscle tension may contribute to lower denture discomfort, and suggest that biofeedback muscle relaxation training may be a useful method of treatment in such cases.