Manual Therapy
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 136-145 , May 2006

Electromyographic assessment of the activity of the masticatory using the agonist contract–antagonist relax technique (AC) and contract–relax technique (CR)

Received 29 January 2005 ,Revised 5 May 2005 ,Accepted 2 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2005.06.015

Manual Therapy
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