Palla Gallo

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Completed research project

Title / Titel	Animation of masticatory muscles
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Summary / Zusammenfassung	Aim of this project is the representation and the analysis of the activity of the whole masticatory musculature using inverse dynamics based on muscle Hill-models. For this purpose, origins and insertions of the masticatory muscles as well as their lines of action are obtained from stacks of tomograms recorded by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The muscle models are then animated by the application of corresponding jaw-tracking information and the data obtained compared with electromyographic (EMG) recordings. Beside a further non invasive insight into the physiology of the normal masticatory system, these studies can lead to a better understanding of the etiology of rapid transient events such as the temporomandibular joint clicking.
Keywords / Suchbegriffe	Biomechanics, jaw movements, masticatory muscles, kinematics
Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte	Prof. Sandro Palla (Project Leader)   Dr. Luigi M. Gallo (Project Leader) luigi@zui.uzh.ch
In collaboration with / In Zusammenarbeit mit	Institut für Biomedizinische Technik UNI/ETH, Prof. Dr. P. Niederer Switzerland
Duration of Project / Projektdauer	Jan 1993 to Dec 2005