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The authors have shown, with the help of electromyography, the functional relationship which exists between the muscles of mastication and certain muscles of the leg after artificially creating interdental occlusal dysfonction. While the activity of the tibialis anterior was not affected by the alteration in occlusion, that of the peroneus longus and gastrocnemius was markedly changed. This is due to the activation of long muscle chains as a consequence of the activation of complex nervous reflexes.
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Les auteurs ont mis en évidence à l'aide d'électromyogrammes le rapport fonctionnel qui existe entre les muscles masticateurs et certains muscles de la jambe, après avoir créé artificiellement un dysfonctionnement occlusal interdental. Alors que l'activité du m. tibial antérieur n'a pas été affectée par l'altération du plan occlusal interdental, celle du m. long fibulaire et du m. gastrocnémien a été sensiblement touchée. Ceci est dû à l'activation de longues chaînes musculaires et, par conséquent, à la réalisation de réflexes nerveux complexes.
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Valentino, B., Melito, F. Functional relationships between the muscles of mastication and the muscles of the leg. Surg Radiol Anat 13, 33–37 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623138
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