TY - JOUR AU - Liana Georgiana Hantoiu AU - Diana Cerghizan AU - Sorin Popsor PY - 2013/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF THE AQUALIZER® HYDROSTATIC SPLINT ON THE MASTICATORY MUSCLES ACTIVITY AND POSTURAL BALANCE JF - European Scientific Journal, ESJ JA - ESJ VL - 9 IS - 24 SE - Articles DO - 10.19044/esj.2013.v9n24p%p UR - https://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/1694 AB - The correlation between the body posture and dental occlusion is well known. The aim of this paper is to highlight the effect of the immediate application of a hydrostatic splint on the postural balance and masticatory muscles activity. Material and method: Fifteen subjects were included in this study and they were examined by means of surface electromyography and posturometric assessement. The Mann Whitney U test was applied to compare the obtained results before and after the insertion of the Aqualizer® splint. Results: No statistically significant differences in the electromyographic activity and the postural balance after the immediate insertion of the hydrostatic splint could be observed ( p > 0.05).Conclusions: In the limits of the present study, there are no significant differences in the masticatory muscles electromyographic activity and in the postural balance immediate after the insertion of Aqualizer® splint. Further investigations concerning the immediate effect of the Aqualizer® splint on healthy as well as dysfunctional subjects have to be carried out. ER -