Masseter muscle thickness in hospitalised stroke patients.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2010 Switzerland English Journal:Journal of oral rehabilitation, volume 37 (issn: 1365-2842,

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Authors: Schimmel, Martin; Leemann, Béatrice; Christou, Panayiotis; Schnider, Armin; Muller, Frauke; Kiliaridis, Stavros;

pmid: 20492435

Masseter muscle thickness in hospitalised stroke patients.

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The aim of the study was to investigate the thickness of the masseter muscles in stroke patients when compared to a control group (CG). Hospitalised stroke patients (18 men, 13 women; age 69.0 +/- 12.7 years) were compared to a CG (13 men, 11 women; age 68.8 +/- 10.8 years) composed to correspond to in age, gender and dental state. The thickness of the masseter muscle was recorded by means of a real-time ultrasound scanner on both sides, twice under contraction and twice in relaxed condition. In the stroke patients, the thickness of the masseter muscle of the affected side (aff) was smaller than the one of the non-affected side (non-aff) both, under contraction (aff 13.1 +/- 2.4 mm; non-aff 13.8 +/- 2.3 mm, P

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Switzerland

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University of Geneva
Switzerland

Keywords

Male, 616.8, Cephalometry, 617.6, Facial Paralysis, Transducers, 610, Masseter Muscle/*pathology/ultrasonography, *Hospitalization, Brain Ischemia, 618.97, Intracranial Hemorrhages/complications, Brain Ischemia/complications, Humans, Paresis/etiology, Aged, Ultrasonography, Facial Paralysis/etiology, Masseter Muscle, Hospitalization, Paresis, Stroke, Female, Stroke/etiology/*pathology, Intracranial Hemorrhages, Muscle Contraction/physiology, Muscle Contraction

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