ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Shear Wave Elastography in Bruxism-Not Yet Ready for Clinical Routine.
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- 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
- B-mode ultrasound radiomics of the masseter muscle for differentiating individuals with and without clinically defined probable bruxism.Oral radiology · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic evaluation of masseter and temporalis muscle thickness and elasticity in individuals with bruxism and bruxism-related myogenous temporomandibular disorders.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Masticatory muscle stiffness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Evaluation of masticatory muscles in patients with different sagittal direction skeletal anomalies by ultrasonography and ultrasonographic elastography.Oral radiology · 2025Article
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- An Algorithm for Jaw Pain among Divers.Journal of clinical medicine · 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
- A Case-Control Study of 40 Patients with Piriformis Muscle Syndrome to Evaluate Diagnostic Findings Using Two-Dimensional Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging modality for the estimation of stiffness, but it has not been studied in relation to common disorders with altered stiffness, such as bruxism, which affects almost one-third of adults. Because this condition could lead to an increased stiffness of masticatory muscles, we investigated SWE in bruxism according to a proof-of-principle and feasibility study with 10 patients with known bruxism and an age- and gender-matched control group. SWE of the left and right masseter muscles was estimated under three conditions: relaxed jaw, 50% of the subjective maximal bite force, and maximal jaw opening. Rejecting the null hypothesis, SWE was significantly increased during relaxed jaw (bruxism 1.92 m/s ± 0.44; controls 1.66 m/s ± 0.24), whereas for maximal mouth opening, the result was vice versa increased with 2.89 m/s ± 0.93 for bruxism patients compared with 3.53 m/s ± 0.95 in the healthy control, which could be due to limited jaw movement in chronic bruxism patients (bruxism 4.46 m/s ± 1.17; controls 5.23 m/s ± 0.43). We show that SWE in bruxism is feasible and could be of potential use for diagnostics and monitoring, though we also highlight important limitations and necessary methodological considerations for future studies.
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