Publications by authors named "Yalda Nozad Mojaver"
Objectives: To test the hypotheses that (a) the force thresholds at onset of medial pterygoid muscle single motor unit (SMU) activity do not decrease with an increase in the rate of force generation in standardised vertical or horizontal jaw-force tasks, and (b) there is evidence for functional heterogeneity within the medial pterygoid muscle.
Methods: In 14 healthy participants, electromyographic recordings of the right medial pterygoid muscle were performed with intramuscular fine-wire electrodes during four isometric force tasks: vertical, horizontal contralateral, horizontal protrusion and horizontal ipsilateral, performed at two rates of force development (slow ramp, fast ramp). Computer tomography scans confirmed electrode location within the muscle, which was divided into medial and lateral parts.
Aims: To test the hypothesis that experimental noxious stimulation of the right masseter muscle results in a reorganization of motor unit activity within the right temporalis and right masseter muscles during jaw closing tasks.
Methods: A total of 20 healthy participants received hypertonic saline (5% sodium chloride) infusion into the right masseter muscle, and pain intensity was maintained at 40-60/100 mm on a visual analog scale. Standardized isometric biting tasks were performed with an intraoral force transducer while single motor units (SMUs) were recorded from the right masseter and temporalis muscles.
Objectives: To determine (a) whether the medial pterygoid muscle is active in an isometric vertical force task and in isometric horizontal force tasks in the contralateral, protrusion and ipsilateral directions; (b) whether the same single motor units (SMUs) could be active across different directions of isometric force generation; and (c) whether different regions of the medial pterygoid muscle exhibit different patterns of SMU activation during the generation of any one direction of isometric force.
Methods: Intramuscular electromyographic (EMG) recordings were made from the right medial pterygoid muscle in 15 healthy participants during isometric force tasks: vertical and horizontal contralateral, protrusion and ipsilateral. A computed tomography scan divided the EMG recording site into a medial or lateral part in each participant.
Objective: The objectives of this study were to clinically determine the efficacy of individualised homeopathy in the treatment of minor recurrent aphthous ulceration (MiRAU).
Design & Intervention: A randomized, single blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of individualised homeopathy. One hundred patients with minor aphthous ulcer were treated with individualised homeopathic medicines or placebo and followed up for 6 days.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxic effects of Cigarette Smoke on the human peripheral blood lymphocytes in the presence of stimulated or non-stimulated saliva in an in vitro model.
Methods And Materials: Ten healthy volunteers in the age range of 21 to 29 were selected and samples of peripheral blood lymphocytes and saliva (whole and stimulated saliva) collected . Peripheral blood lymphocytes suspensions (PBS) were taken and exposed to 6 different media.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Ignatia homeopathic 30C in management of oral lichen planus (OLP).
Methods And Materials: In this single blind randomized control clinical trial, 30 consecutive patients with oral lesions consistent clinically and histologically with erosive and/or atrophic OLP were recruited. The patients were randomly divided into two groups to receive Ignatia or placebo.