TABLE 1.
Sample size and variability for all muscles
| Percentage Overlap of Signals From Duplicate Electrodes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscles | Delay Relative to Leading Complex, ms | No. of Electrode Swallows | No. Animals | Overall Index of Temporal Variability, % | Median | Range |
| Mylohyoid | −36 | 366 | 3 | 234.1 | 47 | 31–80 |
| Stylohyoid | 0 | 339 | 2 | 74.9 | 80 | 70–89 |
| Hyoglossus | 0 | 542 | 5 | 273.4 | 66 | 5–87 |
| Palatopharyngeus | 20 | 169 | 2 | 185.6 | 62 | (1 value) |
| Omohyoid | 20 | 329 | 3 | 118.0 | 86 | 84–88 |
| Digastric | 20 | 361 | 3 | 258.2 | 41 | 7–68 |
| Thyrohyoid | 36 | 513 | 5 | 73.1 | 73 | 63–91 |
| Genioglossus | 84 | 361 | 3 | 227.9 | 52 | 28–64 |
| Sternothyroid | 116 | 238 | 2 | 155.8 | 66 | 56–77 |
| Cricothyroid | 128 | 224 | 3 | 126.7 | 87 | 75–90 |
| Sternohyoid | 120 | 152 | 2 | 202.5 | No duplicates | |
| Geniohyoid | 144 | 224 | 3 | 238.5 | No duplicates | |