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manufacturer news coordinative training with RehaBite Coordinative training as a therapy for temporoman- dibular joint dysfunction syndrome Numerous studies in recent decades have proven that home exercises for treating temporoman- dibular joint dysfunction syndrome have the same therapeutic efect as that of occlusal splints. Recent scientific studies have shown that the masticatory muscles can be trained very efec- tively, particularly with coordinative exercises at a submaximal force level. The coordinative train- ing causes long-lasting changes in the functional patterns of the muscles. Owing to this training efect, specific cortical regions of the brain are modified. The muscular adaptations induced by the training are an essential efect of successful muscle pain treatment. RehaBite is the first training device that allows force-controlled intra-oral coordinative training under reproducible training conditions. This is achieved with the aid of a hydrostatic system, comparable to balancing on a see-saw. Other ther- apeutic efects of RehaBite include post-isometric relaxation (i.e. therapeutically efective relaxation of the muscles after previous tension) and haptic control that works like biofeedback (perception of the muscle function through the finger feed- back provided by the RehaBite device). Compara- ble forms of all these elements can also be found in contemporary physiotherapeutic concepts. 40 ortho 2/2017 According to clinical research by the Oral Physi- ology and Experimental Biomechanics group at Heidelberg University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, inter- and intramus- cular adaptions are considered to have a success- ful efect on muscle pain. Exercises with kinematic feedback and electromyographic force-controlled bite exercises and coordinative home exercises with and without technical support have a signif- icant efect in reducing muscle pain. RehaBite is an innovative training device for home treatment and rehabilitation of muscle pain in the masticatory system. The elastic glycerine- filled bite fork is made of non- toxic flexible plastic ma- terial. A major break- through is the haptic force control based on the hy- drostatic principle. Dentrade International Monheimer Str. 13 50737 Cologne Germany T +49 221 974 2834 F +49 221 974 2836 info@dentrade.de www.rehabite.net