Introduction: Surface electromyography (sEMG) allows the quantitative and qualitative analysis of muscles recruitment and it is a method currently used in research and in the clinical practice. Considering that sEMG assesses the portion of muscular electrical activity that reaches cutaneous surface, a well-standardized protocol should be used, allowing to remove (or reduce) technical and biological artefacts. Methodology: To evaluate the repeatability of the normalized indexes describing masticatory muscles sEMG, the standardized cutaneous myoelectric activity of Temporalis Anterior and Masseter muscles was recorded twice during a one week interval (Acquisition sessions T1 and T2) in 20 young healthy adults. The data obtained during T1 and T2 were compared. A clinical case was shown as an example of clinical sEMG application. Results: No significant differences in the standardized indexes elaborated by sEMG signals of T1 and T2 acquisition sessions were found, strengthening the effectiveness of the standardization procedure. Conclusion: sEMG indexes allow the evaluation of occlusal-induced proprioceptive mediated muscular recruitment in a reliable way. This measurement protocol can be clinically applied to estimate the muscular adaption to new occlusal conditions or to re-establish physiological muscular coordination.

Introduction: Surface electromyography (sEMG) allows the quantitative and qualitative analysis of muscles recruitment and it is a method currently used in research and in the clinical practice. Considering that sEMG assesses the portion of muscular electrical activity that reaches cutaneous surface, a well-standardized protocol should be used, allowing to remove (or reduce) technical and biological artefacts. Methodology: To evaluate the repeatability of the normalized indexes describing masticatory muscles sEMG, the standardized cutaneous myoelectric activity of Temporalis Anterior and Masseter muscles was recorded twice during a one week interval (Acquisition sessions T1 and T2) in 20 young healthy adults. The data obtained during T1 and T2 were compared. A clinical case was shown as an example of clinical sEMG application. Results: No significant differences in the standardized indexes elaborated by sEMG signals of T1 and T2 acquisition sessions were found, strengthening the effectiveness of the standardization procedure. Conclusion: sEMG indexes allow the evaluation of occlusal-induced proprioceptive mediated muscular recruitment in a reliable way. This measurement protocol can be clinically applied to estimate the muscular adaption to new occlusal conditions or to re-establish physiological muscular coordination.