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Masseter muscular weakness

MedGen UID:
1695775
Concept ID:
C5139397
Finding
HPO: HP:0032520

Definition

Reduced strength of the masseter muscle, whose primary function is to elevate the mandible and thereby raise the mandible towards the maxilla, closing the jaw. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMasseter muscular weakness

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Koning MV, Koning NJ, Koning HM, van Kleef M
Pain Pract 2014 Sep;14(7):581-7. Epub 2013 Oct 24 doi: 10.1111/papr.12124. PMID: 24152209
Sidebottom AJ, Patel AA, Amin J
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2013 Apr;51(3):199-205. Epub 2012 Aug 4 doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.07.002. PMID: 22871559
Chroni E, Constantoyannis C, Prasoulis I, Kargiotis O, Kagadis GC, Georgiopoulos M, Polychronopoulos P
Clin Neurophysiol 2011 Feb;122(2):410-3. Epub 2010 Aug 16 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.07.002. PMID: 20719561

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Vincenten SCC, van Doorn JLM, Teeselink S, Rasing NB, Padberg GW, Voermans NC, van Engelen BGM, van Alfen N, Mul K
Muscle Nerve 2024 Nov;70(5):1062-1071. Epub 2024 Sep 19 doi: 10.1002/mus.28254. PMID: 39297366
Telich-Tarriba JE, Navarro-Barquin DF, Pineda-Aldana G, Cardenas-Mejia A
J Plast Surg Hand Surg 2023 Aug 9;58:62-66. doi: 10.2340/jphs.v58.6527. PMID: 37554097
Wen B, Tang S, Lv X, Li D, Xu J, Olsen RKJ, Zhao Y, Li W, Wang T, Shao K, Zhao D, Yan C
Hum Mol Genet 2022 Mar 31;31(7):1115-1129. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab308. PMID: 34718578
Liaw MY, Lin MC, Leong CP, Wang LY, Pong YP, Yang TH, Huang YC
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Dec 3;100(48):e27780. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027780. PMID: 35049172Free PMC Article
Ella B, Guillaud E, Langbour N, Guehl D, Burbaud P
J Prosthodont 2017 Jun;26(4):280-283. Epub 2015 Nov 20 doi: 10.1111/jopr.12394. PMID: 26588188

Diagnosis

Zapata-Soria M, Cabrera-Martos I, López-López L, Ortiz-Rubio A, Granados-Santiago M, Ríos-Asín I, Valenza MC
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Dec 30;20(1) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010657. PMID: 36613028Free PMC Article
Wen B, Tang S, Lv X, Li D, Xu J, Olsen RKJ, Zhao Y, Li W, Wang T, Shao K, Zhao D, Yan C
Hum Mol Genet 2022 Mar 31;31(7):1115-1129. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab308. PMID: 34718578
Ohashi N, Nonami J, Kodaira M, Yoshida K, Sekijima Y
BMC Neurol 2020 Feb 29;20(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01639-x. PMID: 32113480Free PMC Article
Ella B, Guillaud E, Langbour N, Guehl D, Burbaud P
J Prosthodont 2017 Jun;26(4):280-283. Epub 2015 Nov 20 doi: 10.1111/jopr.12394. PMID: 26588188
Schreckenbach T, Schröder JM, Voit T, Abicht A, Neuen-Jacob E, Roos A, Bulst S, Kuhl C, Schulz JB, Weis J, Claeys KG
Neuromuscul Disord 2014 Feb;24(2):117-24. Epub 2013 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.10.002. PMID: 24239060

Therapy

Wen B, Tang S, Lv X, Li D, Xu J, Olsen RKJ, Zhao Y, Li W, Wang T, Shao K, Zhao D, Yan C
Hum Mol Genet 2022 Mar 31;31(7):1115-1129. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab308. PMID: 34718578
Liaw MY, Lin MC, Leong CP, Wang LY, Pong YP, Yang TH, Huang YC
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Dec 3;100(48):e27780. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027780. PMID: 35049172Free PMC Article
Lin B, Lu X, Zhai X, Cai Z
J Neurosurg 2014 Dec;121(6):1497-503. Epub 2014 Oct 3 doi: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS132484. PMID: 25280092
Park HU, Kim BI, Kang SM, Kim ST, Choi JH, Ahn HJ
J Oral Rehabil 2013 Dec;40(12):916-22. Epub 2013 Nov 8 doi: 10.1111/joor.12111. PMID: 24237358
Yang Y, Shao Y, Wang H, Liu Y, Zhu S, Wu C
Clin J Pain 2007 Feb;23(2):159-64. doi: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210958.39621.56. PMID: 17237665

Prognosis

Wen B, Tang S, Lv X, Li D, Xu J, Olsen RKJ, Zhao Y, Li W, Wang T, Shao K, Zhao D, Yan C
Hum Mol Genet 2022 Mar 31;31(7):1115-1129. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab308. PMID: 34718578
Liaw MY, Lin MC, Leong CP, Wang LY, Pong YP, Yang TH, Huang YC
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Dec 3;100(48):e27780. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027780. PMID: 35049172Free PMC Article
Yadav S, Sonone RM, Jaiswara C, Bansal S, Singh D, Rathi VC
J Contemp Dent Pract 2016 Mar 1;17(3):263-6. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1838. PMID: 27207209
Lin B, Lu X, Zhai X, Cai Z
J Neurosurg 2014 Dec;121(6):1497-503. Epub 2014 Oct 3 doi: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS132484. PMID: 25280092
Schreckenbach T, Schröder JM, Voit T, Abicht A, Neuen-Jacob E, Roos A, Bulst S, Kuhl C, Schulz JB, Weis J, Claeys KG
Neuromuscul Disord 2014 Feb;24(2):117-24. Epub 2013 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.10.002. PMID: 24239060

Clinical prediction guides

Telich-Tarriba JE, Navarro-Barquin DF, Pineda-Aldana G, Cardenas-Mejia A
J Plast Surg Hand Surg 2023 Aug 9;58:62-66. doi: 10.2340/jphs.v58.6527. PMID: 37554097
Zapata-Soria M, Cabrera-Martos I, López-López L, Ortiz-Rubio A, Granados-Santiago M, Ríos-Asín I, Valenza MC
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Dec 30;20(1) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010657. PMID: 36613028Free PMC Article
Wen B, Tang S, Lv X, Li D, Xu J, Olsen RKJ, Zhao Y, Li W, Wang T, Shao K, Zhao D, Yan C
Hum Mol Genet 2022 Mar 31;31(7):1115-1129. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab308. PMID: 34718578
Ohashi N, Nonami J, Kodaira M, Yoshida K, Sekijima Y
BMC Neurol 2020 Feb 29;20(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-01639-x. PMID: 32113480Free PMC Article
Satoyoshi E, Kinoshita M
Arch Neurol 1977 Feb;34(2):89-92. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1977.00500140043007. PMID: 836191

Recent systematic reviews

Zapata-Soria M, Cabrera-Martos I, López-López L, Ortiz-Rubio A, Granados-Santiago M, Ríos-Asín I, Valenza MC
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Dec 30;20(1) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010657. PMID: 36613028Free PMC Article

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