Measurement of the ability to control jaw muscle forces in man.
Subjects were asked to track a moving waveform on an oscilloscope screen, with the output of a force transducer placed between the teeth. It was found that, after a learning period, the error depended upon the clenching force, and that, over the force range studied, the greater the effort demanded, the greater the error.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D014160:Transducers, Pressure