Effect of passive jaw opening on the electromyographic activity of the temporalis, masseter, digastric, and infrahyoid muscles in healthy adults.

Jeong-Seung KwonSang-Ho HanYeong-Gwan Im

Published in: Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice (2022)

Passive jaw opening reduces the EMG activity of the digastric and infrahyoid muscles significantly and could help reduce the load on these muscles during prolonged mouth-opening conditions.

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