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  • Title: Muscle activity and jaw movements as predictors of chewing performance.
    Author: Wilding RJ, Shaikh M.
    Journal: J Orofac Pain; 1997; 11(1):24-36. PubMed ID: 10332308.
    Abstract:
    Chewing performance can be defined in terms of the reduction in food particle size after 15 chewing strokes. In this study, the relationship between chewing performance and electromyographic activity was investigated to develop optimal values of electromyographic variables, based on their ability to predict chewing performance. Electrognathographic and electromyographic recordings from surface electrodes over the digastric (abductor), masseter, and temporalis (adductors) muscles were made from 24 subjects while they chewed a hard fruit gum. A moderate negative correlation was found between the food particle size and the root mean square calculation for masseter activity (-.48; P < .01). Weaker positive correlations were found between particle size and the asynchrony of ipsilateral and contralateral anterior temporalis muscles (.36; P < .05). A multiple regression model of electromyographic and electrognathographic variables was able to predict chewing performance with an R2 value of .66. If chewing performance is used as an output measure of masticatory function, it may be possible to determine optimal ranges for electromyographic variables and jaw movements.
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