Alterations in Surface Electromyography Are Associated with Subjective Masticatory Muscle Pain

Background. Tenderness of masseters and temporalis can be considered a relevant tool for diagnosis of myo-type craniofacial pain disorders, but a limit of pain score systems is that they are based on subjective pain perception. Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a noninvasive and reliable tool for r...

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Main Authors: Davide Pietropaoli, Eleonora Ortu, Mario Giannoni, Ruggero Cattaneo, Alessandra Mummolo, Annalisa Monaco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6256179