ArticlePain research & management2020
Potential of Using Shear Wave Elastography in the Clinical Evaluation and Monitoring of Changes in Masseter Muscle Stiffness.
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Evaluation of the Effects of Occlusal Splint and Intramuscular Injection in Patients With Myofascial Pain
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of temporomandibular disorders and other jaw anomalies in chewing gum users-a systematic review.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of the masseter stiffness in patients during conservative therapy for masticatory muscle disorders with shear wave elastography.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Shear Wave Elastography in Children: Normative Values and the Impact of Healthy Habits in a Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elastography as a diagnostic and monitoring tool for Bell's palsy: A Prospective Study.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic measurement of masseter muscle thickness and elasticity in patients with symptomatic apical periodontitis.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Technologies to investigate the mechanisms of force-based manipulations: a narrative methods review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Strain Values for Masseter Muscle Activity of Dentofacial Deformities Using Ultrasound Elastography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Recent advances and educational strategies in diagnostic imaging for temporomandibular disorders: a narrative literature review.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Comparative Analysis of Muscle Elasticity and Pathological Characteristics Between Affected and Unaffected Sides in Postherpetic Neuralgia Patients: Protocol for a Pilot Cohort Trail.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Physiological response to pain in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders during physiotherapy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Fabrication of Apparatus Specialized for Measuring the Elasticity of Perioral Tissues.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Differential Effects of Classical vs. Sports Massage on Erector Spinae and Upper Trapezius Muscle Stiffness: A Shear-Wave Elastography Study in Young Women.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Botox Therapy for Hypertrophy of the Masseter Muscle Causes a Compensatory Increase of Stiffness of Other Muscles of Masticatory Apparatus.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Stiffness of the Masseter Muscle in Children-Establishing the Reference Values in the Pediatric Population Using Shear-Wave Elastography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Determination of Reference Values of the Masseter Muscle Stiffness in Healthy Adults Using Shear Wave Elastography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Is Shear-Wave Elastography a Clinical Severity Indicator of Myofascial Pain Syndrome? An Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Monitoring of Changes in Masticatory Muscle Stiffness after Gum Chewing Using Shear Wave Elastography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
The study aimed to evaluate masseter muscle stiffness in adult healthy volunteers referred to a massage treatment and also to investigate whether shear-wave elastography can be used to monitor the effect of massage on the masseter muscle. The study included 21 healthy volunteers, who were subjected to a 30-minute massage of the masseter muscle. Muscle stiffness was measured by shear-wave elastography before and directly after the massage. Pain during the massage was assessed using the visual analogue scale (VAS). The data of 20 patients (one excluded due to severe pain) with a median age of 34.5 years were analysed. The stiffness values were 11.46 ± 1.55 kPa before and 8.97 ± 0.96 kPa after the massage (
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