Threshold variations of medial pterygoid single motor units during vertical or horizontal force tasks.
Yalda Nozad MojaverPaul TawadrosPolyana Moura FerreiraTerry WhittleGreg M MurrayPublished in: Journal of oral rehabilitation (2021)
The data are consistent with the proposal that the medial pterygoid muscle stabilises the jaw in the vertical plane during isometric force generation in the jaw closing, as well as horizontal directions.