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Observations in the time and frequency domains of surface electromyograms of experimental brief teeth clenching in man
Author(s) -
CHRISTENSEN L. V.,
DONEGAN S. J.
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-2842.1990.tb01418.x
Subject(s) - isometric exercise , proprioception , electromyography , subconscious , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , orthodontics , medicine , physical therapy , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary Maximum voluntary teeth clenching was performed for about 1 s to study the interactions between subjective sensory‐motor events and changes in the time and frequency domains of surface electromyograms of the masseter and anterior temporalis muscle. Isometric jaw muscle contractions were examined for their speeds of contraction, the total energy content and median frequency of their power density spectra, and for the specific rate of change and the efficiency of their voluntary and involuntary activation efforts. The observations suggested that, in general, brief maximum isometric contractions were not preprogrammed, but rather were regulated by a subconscious proprioceptive feedback mechanism; the mechanism, possibly a transcortical loop, appeared to have a low gain and to be based on recruitment/decruitment of motor units.