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Patients • Services Offered • Electromyographic Analysis (EMG)
Surface electromyography
is considered the “gold standard" for
measuring muscle activity of cervical and masticatory muscles, both
at rest and during function.
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sensing electrodes which are placed on the skin, allowing clinicians
to directly and accurately monitor muscle activity. This is more
accurate than conventional manual palpation or touch which can provide
only gross assessments of muscle activity. |
Excessively
high masticatory muscle activity is common in symptomatic patients
when compared to normal subjects. Imbalances between right and
left sides for the same sets of muscles are also common in pain
patients.
Surface
electromyography is very safe and comfortable. It gives us a baseline
for muscle activity and an insight to where the problem is coming
from in pain patients. |
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| In general,
the electrical activity of masticatory muscle during maximal bite
is significantly weaker in patients with functional disorders of
the masticatory system than non symptomatic subjects. |
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