Research Article
The Influence of Emotional State on the Masticatory Muscles Function in the Group of Young Healthy Adults
Table 5
The levels of activity of all muscles (
V) in central occlusion in female and male groups.
| | Female group | Male group | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Temporales anteriores | 72.25 ± 13.68 | 74.39 ± 15.99 | Masseters | 99.25 ± 13.86 | 120.45 ± 15.61 | Sternocleidomastoideus | 8.7 ± 7.4 | 8.6 ± 6.4 | Digastricus | 16.5 ± 15.0 |
16.8 ± 14.5 |
| Symetry | Temporal anterior right | 72.91 ± 40.80 | 74.74 ± 37.06 | Temporal anterior left | 71.82 ± 40.24 | 77.26 ± 44.70 | Masseter right | 105.79* ± 55.46 | 127.33* ± 60.39 | Masseter left | 92.68* ± 44.81 | 117.71* ± 59.78 |
| Synergy | Anterior temporal muscle and masseter right | 84.92* ± 18.32 | 106.78* ± 20.74 | Anterior temporal muscle and masseter left | 81.93* ± 17.92 | 89.88* ± 20.51 |
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Statistical difference between female and male groups ().
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