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Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
December 2009
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
Objectives: A primary goal of pain management for muscle-related pain is to reduce masticatory muscle activity. This study aimed to investigate masticatory muscle group activity and heart rate variability change when the tongue was placed on the palate or the floor of the mouth in a healthy pain-free sample.
Study Design: Participants were 23 females and 18 males with a mean age of 19.
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