In thirty patients treated because of dysfunction and thirty six control subjects bite force was registered before, during and after treatment. Repeated tests of bite force in the control group gave identical results. Bite force in the patient group was lower than the control group but increased with palliation of the symptoms during treatment.
Note: The finding of
significant difference between bite force in patient and control groups is
supplemental to the rationale for the EMG function test since integrated EMG
and bite force are linear.
