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. 2023 Oct;38(5):1398-1405.
doi: 10.1007/s00455-023-10569-y. Epub 2023 Apr 24.

Surface Electromyography of Pharyngeal Swallowing in Healthy Chinese Individuals: Establishment of a Timing and Amplitude Database

Ling-Ling Liu  1 , Ying-Jun Zhong  1 , Xiu-Ping Chen  1 , Lang Shuai  1 , Zhen Feng  2
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Surface Electromyography of Pharyngeal Swallowing in Healthy Chinese Individuals: Establishment of a Timing and Amplitude Database

Ling-Ling Liu et al. Dysphagia. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

This study determined the surface electromyography (sEMG) characteristics of healthy Chinese adults during swallowing to provide a reference for the clinical differential diagnosis of swallowing and dysphagia. sEMG was performed on 187 healthy adults to obtain quantitative information on normal pharyngeal swallowing. The evaluated parameters included the timing and amplitude of sEMG activity in the submental and infrahyoid muscles. A normative database was constructed for the timing and amplitude of muscle activity during pharyngeal swallowing. Results indicated that the duration of sEMG activity was related to the age of the patient; the duration gradually increasing with age. Similarly, the duration of the sEMG activity was associated with the type of swallowing. The duration of the sEMG activity was similar for dry and wet swallowing but was significantly different for excessive swallowing. The mean amplitude of sEMG activity for the submental and infrahyoid muscles was not significantly associated with patient age. A significant correlation between the mean amplitude of sEMG activity and the types of normal swallowing was observed in infrahyoid, but not in submental muscle activity. This study is the first report on the establishment of a normative database for the duration and amplitude of muscle activity based on sEMG analysis of pharyngeal swallowing in healthy Chinese adults.

Keywords: Duration; Mean; Normal adults; Normative database; Pharyngeal swallowing; Surface electromyography.

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