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. Force thresholds of onset of discriminated SMUs were compared between rates in each task; significance accepted at p < 0.05.
Results: Of 45 SMU force thresholds studied in one or more tasks, there was no significant difference between slow and fast ramp within each force task, except slow ramp thresholds from the lateral part during the vertical force task were significantly higher than fast ramp thresholds. Reversals of recruitment order between tasks provided evidence for functional heterogeneity within the muscle. Force thresholds of the vertical tasks (range: 1-292.6 N) were mostly higher than for the horizontal tasks (range: 0.1-12.5 N).
Conclusion: The data are consistent with the proposal that the medial pterygoid muscle stabilises the jaw in the vertical plane during isometric force generation in the jaw closing, as well as horizontal directions.
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