Ultrasonographic Evaluation of The Effects of Orthodontic or Functional Orthopaedic Treatment on Masseter Muscles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Conclusions: Although the meta-analysis revealed that US could be considered a less invasive and effective method to evaluate the masseter muscle thickness, single-blinded RCTs, are required to confirm US reliability in this field of application. This review was registered on PROSPERO with the following registration number: CRD42018068402. PMID: 31181706 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31181706?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - June 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Patini R, Gallenzi P, Lione R, Cozza P, Cordaro M Tags: Medicina (Kaunas) Source Type: research