Effect of clinical experience and training with visual feedback on standardized palpation outcomes-Potential implications for assessment of jaw muscle sensitivity.
Yoshihiro IwataHideta NishimoriTakashi IidaManabu MasudaKazuhiro YoshidaYuki IshiiYuichirou YamakawaHidetoshi HayakawaPeter SvenssonOsamu KomiyamaPublished in: Journal of oral rehabilitation (2023)
These findings suggest that the use of a palpometer, but not clinical experience with palpation of masticatory muscles, increases the accuracy of palpation, and ≥2 s of palpation with a palpometer is optimal for masticatory muscles.