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7095038

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
The unloading reflex in the jaw closing muscles in man was investigated with a view to correlating the jaw closing movement with the timing of the electrical activity of the agonist and antagonist muscles. When the resistance to the forceful isometric bite was suddenly and unexpectedly withdrawn, the closing movement of the mandible was always arrested before the teeth came together. The rapid arrest of the jaw closing movement was not adequately accounted for by the timing of the inhibition of the jaw closing muscles and reflex excitation of the jaw opening muscles. It was observed that the jaw opening muscles, as well as the jaw closing muscles, were always active during the phase of isometric biting on an object between the teeth. It is therefore concluded that the resulting stiffness of the antagonist muscles is the mechanism which is principally responsible for limiting the jaw closing movement after unloading of the agonist muscles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0014-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Limitation of jaw movement by antagonist muscle stiffness during unloading of human jaw closing muscles.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't