TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface electromyograph activity of submental muscles during swallowing and expiratory muscle training tasks in Huntington's disease patients
AU - Reyes, A.
AU - Cruickshank, T.M.
AU - Thompson, J.A.J.
AU - Ziman, Melanie
AU - Nosaka, K.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Introduction: Huntington's disease (HD) patients have difficulty in swallowing, leading to aspiration pneumonia, which is a major cause of death. It seems possible that submental muscles that are crucial for preventing an escape of a bolus into the airway, are affected by HD, but no previous studies have investigated this. Objective: To assess surface electromyograph (sEMG) activity of submental muscles during swallowing and expiratory muscle training (EMT) tasks in HD patients in comparison to healthy volunteers. Methods: sEMG activities of submental muscles during saliva, water swallowing, EMT tasks performed at 25% and 75% of maximum expiratory pressure were recorded and normalised by the sEMG activity during an effortful swallow in 17 early to mid stage HD patients and 17 healthy volunteers. Results: sEMG activity was greater (p
AB - Introduction: Huntington's disease (HD) patients have difficulty in swallowing, leading to aspiration pneumonia, which is a major cause of death. It seems possible that submental muscles that are crucial for preventing an escape of a bolus into the airway, are affected by HD, but no previous studies have investigated this. Objective: To assess surface electromyograph (sEMG) activity of submental muscles during swallowing and expiratory muscle training (EMT) tasks in HD patients in comparison to healthy volunteers. Methods: sEMG activities of submental muscles during saliva, water swallowing, EMT tasks performed at 25% and 75% of maximum expiratory pressure were recorded and normalised by the sEMG activity during an effortful swallow in 17 early to mid stage HD patients and 17 healthy volunteers. Results: sEMG activity was greater (p
U2 - 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jelekin.2013.09.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 24182734
VL - 24
SP - 153
EP - 158
JO - Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology
JF - Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology
SN - 1050-6411
IS - 1
ER -