[Frequency spectra of EMG activities and mastication muscular development]. 1989

T Asakura

The purpose of this study was to investigate the change of frequency components of EMG (electromyograph) signals obtained from masticatory muscles in term of the development from deciduous mixed and permanent dentition using FFT (Fast Fourie Transform) algolism. A total of one hundred and fourty subjects who had no oral dysfunction were subjected. The subjects were divided into four groups: deciduous dentition (designated as G1), early mixed dentition (designated as G2), late mixed dentition (as G3) and permanent dentition (as G4). EMG signals were taken from the right masseter and temporal muscles using bipolar surface electrodes during tooth tapping, clenching in the intercupsal position and maximum biting and EMG were recorded on magnetic tape (FM data recorder). Three parameters on the surface EMGs were chosen for the measuring points such as 1) frequency range, 2) frequency of maximum peak (peak frequency), 3) strength of maximum peak (peak magnitude). The results obtained in the present studies were summarized as follows; 1) In the frequency range, temporalis showed a higher range than masseter muscle among every group and it decreased with the dentitional development. 2) As to the peak frequency and peak magnitude, the clenching has higher frequency than tooth tapping and maximum biting, and the those differences between each group were clarified with the development. 3) Cross-powerspectrum showed that the main frequency harmonized into high frequency at every movement, while the strength of the harmony maintained a high frequency and increased with the development of the muscles. As aforementioned, EMG spectra may also reflect on to muscle activities associated with dentitional development.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008410 Masticatory Muscles Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Masticatory Muscle,Muscle, Masticatory,Muscles, Masticatory
D003818 Dentition, Mixed The complement of teeth in the jaws after the eruption of some of the permanent teeth but before all the deciduous teeth are absent. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed) Dentition, Transitional,Dentitions, Mixed,Dentitions, Transitional,Mixed Dentition,Mixed Dentitions,Transitional Dentition,Transitional Dentitions
D004576 Electromyography Recording of the changes in electric potential of muscle by means of surface or needle electrodes. Electromyogram,Surface Electromyography,Electromyograms,Electromyographies,Electromyographies, Surface,Electromyography, Surface,Surface Electromyographies
D005583 Fourier Analysis Analysis based on the mathematical function first formulated by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier in 1807. The function, known as the Fourier transform, describes the sinusoidal pattern of any fluctuating pattern in the physical world in terms of its amplitude and its phase. It has broad applications in biomedicine, e.g., analysis of the x-ray crystallography data pivotal in identifying the double helical nature of DNA and in analysis of other molecules, including viruses, and the modified back-projection algorithm universally used in computerized tomography imaging, etc. (From Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992) Fourier Series,Fourier Transform,Analysis, Cyclic,Analysis, Fourier,Cyclic Analysis,Analyses, Cyclic,Cyclic Analyses,Series, Fourier,Transform, Fourier
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014094 Tooth, Deciduous The teeth of the first dentition, which are shed and replaced by the permanent teeth. Primary Tooth,Tooth, Primary,Baby Teeth,Baby Tooth,Dentition, Deciduous,Dentition, Primary,Milk Teeth,Milk Tooth,Primary Teeth,Teeth, Deciduous,Teeth, Primary,Deciduous Dentition,Deciduous Dentitions,Deciduous Teeth,Deciduous Tooth,Dentitions, Deciduous,Dentitions, Primary,Primary Dentition,Primary Dentitions,Teeth, Baby,Teeth, Milk,Tooth, Baby,Tooth, Milk
D024510 Muscle Development Developmental events leading to the formation of adult muscular system, which includes differentiation of the various types of muscle cell precursors, migration of myoblasts, activation of myogenesis and development of muscle anchorage. Myofibrillogenesis,Myogenesis,Muscular Development,Development, Muscle,Development, Muscular

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