A method of bite force measurement in primates. Academic Article

abstract

• A bite force transducer consisting of two differential strain beams with four strain gages in a full bridge configuration was modified for measuring occlusal forces in rhesus monkeys. A procedure of muscle stimulation (20-50 V, 60 Hz, and 0.8 ms duration) produced maximal unilateral masticatory muscle contraction when stimulating electrodes were placed in the masseter muscle. Tests of this procedure revealed reproducible results and a potential for use in studies of the force of isometric contraction of the masticatory muscles in normal and experimentally altered macaques and other primates.

authors

• Dechow, Paul

published proceedings

• J Biomech

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Dechow, P. C., & Carlson, D. S.

citation count

• 49

complete list of authors

• Dechow, PC||Carlson, DS

publication date

• January 1983

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Biomechanics  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Biomechanical Phenomena
• Bite Force
• Dental Occlusion
• Electric Stimulation
• Macaca Mulatta
• Masseter Muscle
• Muscle Contraction

PubMed Central ID

• 6643517

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0021-9290(83)90003-9

start page

• 797

end page

• 802

volume

• 16

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9290(83)90003-9