Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of Dental Research
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rugh, J.D.
Right arrow Articles by Dal Santo, F.B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rugh, J.D.
Right arrow Articles by Dal Santo, F.B.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Hysteresis in Jaw Positioning Following Lateral Stretches

J.D. Rugh

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284

R.R. Lemke

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284

F.B. Dal Santo

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284

The purpose of this study was to examine hysteresis of the masticatory system following brief voluntary lateral positioning of the mandible. Hysteresis was studied in ten healthy subjects, as a function of both time and distance that the mandible was held laterally off the midline. So that the effects of distance of lateral stretch on hysteresis could be studied, subjects positioned their jaws to the left or right of the midline distances of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 mm for ten s. So that the effects of time could be studied, the distance of lateral stretch was held a constant 8 mm for durations of two, four, six, 12, 16, and 20 s. Following each voluntary lateral stretch, subjects relaxed the muscles using EMG biofeedback and allowed the mandible to reposition itself passively. Hysteresis was defined as the difference in the mandibular resting position between pre- and post-stretch recordings. Mean hysteresis effects ranged from 0.7 mm to 1.8 mm. Hysteresis effects were found to increase with both distance and time; after eight s, however, no additional effect of time was noted.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 69, No. 2, 470-472 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345900690021001
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?