Zieliński, Grzegorz, Byś, Aleksandra, Filipiak, Zuzanna, Baszczowski, Michał, Ginszt, Michał, Suwała, Marta, Szkutnik, Jacek, and Majcher, Piotr
Zieliński Grzegorz, Byś Aleksandra, Filipiak Zuzanna, Baszczowski Michał, Ginszt Michał, Suwała Marta, Szkutnik Jacek, Majcher Piotr. Comparison of resting masticatory muscle activity among women of different ages. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(12):79-86 eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1921782 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6345 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/889784 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.10.2018. Revised: 18.10.2018. Accepted: 04.12.2018. Comparison of resting masticatory muscle activity among women of different ages Grzegorz Zieliński1, Aleksandra Byś1, Zuzanna Filipiak2, MichałBaszczowski1, Michał Ginszt1, Marta Suwała1, Jacek Szkutnik3, PiotrMajcher1 1Chair and Department of Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy and Balneotherapy, Medical University of Lublin, Poland 2Students' Scientific Group, Department of General Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland 3Department of Functional Masticatory Disorders, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Corresponding author: Michał Ginszt Address: Magnoliowa 2 20-143 Lublin, Poland +48602533723 michal.ginszt@umlub.pl Acknowledgments The results of the present study do not constitute an endorsement of the product by the authors or the journal. Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. ABSTRACT Background: Surface electromyography is one of the test methods allowing to evaluate the bioelectric activity of muscles using the excitability of some tissues. One of the components of the electromyographic study is the recording of resting muscle activity, referred to as passive skeletal muscle tension. The main function of resting tension is to maintain posture with minimal energy costs. The aim of this study was to compare resting masticatory muscle activity between women of different ages. Materials and methods: 75 women were invited to the study, 27 women were admitted after applying the exclusion criteria (average age 22 years ± 2 years). Qualified women were divided into three groups depending on their age: 1st group - 20-year-olds, the 2nd group - twenty-two-year-olds and 3rd group - twenty-four-year-olds. The study involved an 8-channel BioEMG IIITM surface electromyography apparatus with BioPak Measurement System (BioResearch Associates, Inc. Milwaukee, WI, USA). The surface electrodes were distributed bilaterally to the muscle fibre direction of temporal and masseter muscles. The nonparametric U Mann-Whitney test was used for statistical calculations. Statistical significance was determined at 5%. Results: An increase in the resting activity of temporal muscle and a decrease in the resting activity of masseter muscles depending on age were observed. Differences in resting activity were not statistically significant p> 0.05. Conclusions: The results suggest that there are no significant relationships between age and masticatory muscle activity among healthy young women. However, due to the small research group, we recommend further research in this direction. Key words: sEMG, women, temporal muscle, masseter muscl