In the masticatory system, activities of muscles are the main source of force. The daily activity of the jaw muscle is a measure of the total daily loading of the tissues involved. This article gives an overview on the recent assessments of the physiology and ontogeny of the daily use of the jaw muscles. Variations in the characteristics of daily activity could be linked to differences in the types of fibers composing the muscles as well as to the properties of the underlying bone, although these relationships are not absolute. Experimental decrease of the hardness of foods eaten by rats and rabbits showed a significant decrease in the number of daily bursts of feeding. These reductions in daily muscular activity were accompanied by higher ...
The aim of this series of investigations was to study the effect of masticatory muscle function on t...
Mastication efficiency is defined as the efficiency of crushing food between the teeth and manipulat...
Direct measurement of bone movements and muscle activation in mammalian mastication is now possible....
Early postnatal development of the jaw muscles is characterized by the transition from suckling to c...
Mechanical food properties influence the neuromuscular activity of jaw-closing muscles during mastic...
Aim: Muscles containing large numbers of slow-contracting fibers are generally more active than musc...
Stomatognathic function is developed in steps from the latter half of infancy up to childhood. This ...
Muscles are considered to play an important role in the ongoing daily loading of bone, especially in...
A reduction in mechanical loading of the mandible brought about by mastication of soft food is assum...
The development of the craniofacial system occurs, among other reasons, as a response to functional ...
Masticatory muscle physiology has been evaluated mostly from electromyographic recordings. However, ...
Mammalian skeletal muscles change their contractile-protein phenotype in response to mechanical load...
Mastication is a complex process that involves activities of the facial muscles, the elevator and su...
Skeletal muscles have a heterogeneous fiber type composition, which reflects their functional demand...
ReviewInternational audienceMastication is a physiological process controlled by the central nervous...
The aim of this series of investigations was to study the effect of masticatory muscle function on t...
Mastication efficiency is defined as the efficiency of crushing food between the teeth and manipulat...
Direct measurement of bone movements and muscle activation in mammalian mastication is now possible....
Early postnatal development of the jaw muscles is characterized by the transition from suckling to c...
Mechanical food properties influence the neuromuscular activity of jaw-closing muscles during mastic...
Aim: Muscles containing large numbers of slow-contracting fibers are generally more active than musc...
Stomatognathic function is developed in steps from the latter half of infancy up to childhood. This ...
Muscles are considered to play an important role in the ongoing daily loading of bone, especially in...
A reduction in mechanical loading of the mandible brought about by mastication of soft food is assum...
The development of the craniofacial system occurs, among other reasons, as a response to functional ...
Masticatory muscle physiology has been evaluated mostly from electromyographic recordings. However, ...
Mammalian skeletal muscles change their contractile-protein phenotype in response to mechanical load...
Mastication is a complex process that involves activities of the facial muscles, the elevator and su...
Skeletal muscles have a heterogeneous fiber type composition, which reflects their functional demand...
ReviewInternational audienceMastication is a physiological process controlled by the central nervous...
The aim of this series of investigations was to study the effect of masticatory muscle function on t...
Mastication efficiency is defined as the efficiency of crushing food between the teeth and manipulat...
Direct measurement of bone movements and muscle activation in mammalian mastication is now possible....