Provocation of delayed-onset muscle soreness in the human jaw-closing muscles

TÜRKER K. S., KOUTRIS M., SÜMER N. C., ATIŞ E. S., LINKE I. R., LOBBEZOO F., ...More

ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY, vol.55, no.9, pp.621-626, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 55 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.05.015
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.621-626
  • Keywords: Eccentric exercises, Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), Human jaw-closing muscles, Jaw-muscle fatigue, Jaw-muscle pain, Visual analogue scale (VAS), Maximum mouth opening, Maximum voluntary bite force, ECCENTRIC EXERCISE, DAMAGE, MODEL, PAIN, CONTRACTIONS, FATIGUE
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Eccentric contractions of jaw-closing muscles are difficult to perform. This may explain why fatigue-inducing experiments performed so far suggest the jaw-closing muscles to be fatigue resistant. Aim of this study was to construct an apparatus that can impose intense eccentric contractions to the jaw-closing muscles, and to test the hypothesis that eccentric contractions can provoke symptoms of delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in these muscles.