Electromyographic study assessing swallowing function in subacute stroke patients with respiratory muscle weakness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dysphagia has been reported to be associated with the descent of the hyolaryngeal complex. Further, suprahyoid muscles play a greater role than infrahyoid muscles in elevation of the hyolarngeal complex. Respiratory muscle training (RMT) can improve lung function, and expiratory muscle strength training can facilitate elevation of the hyoid bone and increase the motor unit recruitment of submental muscles during normal swallowing. This study aimed to investigate the surface electromyography (sEMG) of the swallowing muscles, bilaterally, and the effect of RMT on swallowing muscles in stroke patients with respiratory muscle weakness.

Methods

Forty patients with first episode of unilateral stroke were included in this retrospective controlled trial. After exclusion o

SUBMITTER: Liaw MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9191609 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature