SynthesisDento maxillo facial radiology2020
Great potential of ultrasound elastography for the assessment of the masseter muscle in patients with temporomandibular disorders. A systematic review.
Synthesis in Dento maxillo facial radiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT05228327 (Evaluation of the Effects of Occlusal Splint and Intramuscular Injection in Patients With Myofascial Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Effects of Occlusal Splint and Intramuscular Injection in Patients With Myofascial Pain
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Masseter muscle stiffness in bruxism and myofascial pain-related temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative ultrasound elastography studies.Oral radiology · 2026Pooled it
- Association of temporomandibular disorders and other jaw anomalies in chewing gum users-a systematic review.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025Pooled it
- Intramuscular Injections and Dry Needling within Masticatory Muscles in Management of Myofascial Pain. Systematic Review of Clinical Trials.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluation of the effects of occlusal splint and masseter muscle injection in patients with myofascial pain: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2024Trial
- Assessment of the masseter stiffness in patients during conservative therapy for masticatory muscle disorders with shear wave elastography.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Multiparametric Ultrasonographic Phenotyping of the Masseter Muscle in Temporomandibular Disorders and Clinically Defined Probable Bruxism.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Association of posterior occlusal support with ultrasonographic characteristics of the masseter muscle: a prospective single-center study.BMC oral health · 2026Observational
- Explorative study using ultrasound time-harmonic elastography for stiffness-based quantification of skeletal muscle function.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2025Article
- Role of the masseter, anterior temporalis, and sternocleidomastoid muscles in myofascial temporomandibular disorder pain: evaluation of thickness and stiffness by ultrasonography.Oral radiology · 2025Article
- Jaw-Muscle Structure and Function in Primates: Insights Into Muscle Performance and Feeding-System Behaviors.Evolutionary anthropology · 2025Review
- Recent advances and educational strategies in diagnostic imaging for temporomandibular disorders: a narrative literature review.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Aging-associated differences between perioral and trunk muscle characteristics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Review
- Population Analysis of Masseter Muscle Tension Using Shear Wave Ultrasonography across Different Disease States.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Review
- Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the masseter muscle by ultrasonography and correlation with whole body health status.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
- Dynamic Quantitative Imaging of the Masseter Muscles in Bruxism Patients with Myofascial Pain: Could It Be an Objective Biomarker?Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Shear Wave Elastography in Bruxism-Not Yet Ready for Clinical Routine.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Assessing thickness and stiffness of superficial/deep masticatory muscles in orofacial pain: an ultrasound and shear wave elastography study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- [Feeling stiff…but what does it mean objectively? : Can you measure muscle tension?]Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo summarize the available evidence on the use of elastography in the assessment of the masseter muscle in healthy individuals and patients with masseter muscle disorders.
methodsSystematic literature review has been performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines.
results16 of 142 studies identified were analyzed. Elastography was used in seven studies. Heterogeneity was observed in terms of study protocols, devices, patients, units of measure, and results. Elasticity values showed a correlation between the left and right masseter muscle side in healthy people, but not in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). Elasticity values increased in TMD and were correlated with the severity of TMD symptoms. Phantom studies proved the high reliability of elastography.
conclusionElastography is a promising tool for the assessment of the masseter muscle elasticity, but the evidence is insufficient. Studies on larger groups are needed to determine the accuracy of elastography to characterize masticatory muscle disorders.
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