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Chiropractic Manipulation Increases Maximal Bite Force in Healthy Individuals

Haavik, H; Ozyurt, MG; Niazi, IK; Holt, K; Nedergaard, RW; Yilmaz, G; Turker, KS; (2018) Chiropractic Manipulation Increases Maximal Bite Force in Healthy Individuals. Brain Sciences , 8 (5) , Article 76. 10.3390/brainsci8050076. Green open access

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Abstract

Recent research has shown that chiropractic spinal manipulation can alter central sensorimotor integration and motor cortical drive to human voluntary muscles of the upper and lower limb. The aim of this paper was to explore whether spinal manipulation could also influence maximal bite force. Twenty-eight people were divided into two groups of 14, one that received chiropractic care and one that received sham chiropractic care. All subjects were naive to chiropractic. Maximum bite force was assessed pre- and post-intervention and at 1-week follow up. Bite force in the chiropractic group increased compared to the control group (p = 0.02) post-intervention and this between-group difference was also present at the 1-week follow-up (p < 0.01). Bite force in the chiropractic group increased significantly by 11.0% (±18.6%) post-intervention (p = 0.04) and remained increased by 13.0% (±12.9%, p = 0.04) at the 1 week follow up. Bite force did not change significantly in the control group immediately after the intervention (−2.3 ± 9.0%, p = 0.20), and decreased by 6.3% (±3.4%, p = 0.01) at the 1-week follow-up. These results indicate that chiropractic spinal manipulation can increase maximal bite force.

Type: Article
Title: Chiropractic Manipulation Increases Maximal Bite Force in Healthy Individuals
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8050076
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.11908/10.3390/brainsci8050076
Language: English
Additional information: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons attribution (CC BY) license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: total maximal bite force; chiropractic care; spinal manipulation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083648
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