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. 2022 Aug 3;9(8):361.
doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9080361.

Effects on Muscular Activity after Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion: A Prospective Observational Study

Marco Farronato  1 , Davide Farronato  2 , Aldo Bruno Giannì  3 , Francesco Inchingolo  4 , Ludovica Nucci  5 , Gianluca Martino Tartaglia  1   3 , Cinzia Maspero  1   3
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Effects on Muscular Activity after Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion: A Prospective Observational Study

Marco Farronato et al. Bioengineering (Basel). .

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the modifications in the temporalis and the masseter activity in adult patients before and after SARPE (Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion) by measuring electromyographic and electrokinesographic activity. 24 adult patients with unilateral posterior crossbite on the right side were selected from the Orthodontic Department of the University of Milan. Three electromyographic and electrokinesographic surface readings were taken respectively before surgery (T0) and 8 months after surgery (T1). The electromyographic data of both right and left masseter and anterior temporalis muscles were recorded during multiple tests: standardized maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)s, after transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and at rest. T0 and T1 values were compared with paired Student’s t-test (p < 0.05). Results: Significant differences were found in the activity of right masseter (p = 0.03) and right temporalis (p = 0.02) during clench, in the evaluation of right masseter at rest (p = 0.03), also the muscular activity of masseters at rest after TENS from T0 to T1 (pr = 0.04, pl = 0.04). No significant differences were found in the activity of left masseter (p = 0.41) and left temporalis (p = 0.39) during clench and MVC, in the evaluation of left masseter at rest (p = 0.57) and in the activity during MVC of right masseter (p = 0.41), left masseter (p = 0.34), right temporalis (p = 0.51) and left temporalis (p = 0.77). Results showed that the activity of the masseter and temporalis muscles increased significantly after SARPE during rest and clenching on the side where the cross-bite was treated.

Keywords: kinesographic; muscular activity; orthodontics; palatal expansion; palatal hypoplasia; surgery; surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion; transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Sarpe activation and fixed theraphy initiated in the mandibular arch.
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Figure 2
Freely electromyograph (De Gotzen, Legnano, Italy).
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Figure 3
K6-I electromyograph (Myotronics, Tukwila, WA, USA).
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Figure 4
The flowchart of the study.
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