Botox Therapy for Hypertrophy of the Masseter Muscle Causes a Compensatory Increase of Stiffness of Other Muscles of Masticatory Apparatus

Botox Therapy for Hypertrophy of the Masseter Muscle Causes a Compensatory Increase of Stiffness of Other Muscles of Masticatory Apparatus

Little is known about the nature of masseter muscle hypertrophy. We investigated the masseter muscle stiffness change after a single intra-masseteric session of Botox injections in people with benign bilateral masseter hypertrophy and the effect of the treatment on the stiffness of the temporalis mu...

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Main Authors: Dorota Mierzwa, Cyprian Olchowy, Anna Olchowy, Izabela Nawrot-Hadzik, Paweł Dąbrowski, Sławomir Chobotow, Kinga Grzech-Leśniak, Paweł Kubasiewicz-Ross, Marzena Dominiak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
masseter muscle
temporalis muscle
shear-wave elastography
stiffness
muscle hypertrophy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/6/840

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