Table 2.
Mean values and 95% confidence intervals of whole-muscle T2 signal profiles by condition reported in milliseconds (ms).
| Muscle | Pre-swallowing | Post-swallowing | Post-Mendelsohn maneuver | Post-effortful pitch glide | ||||
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| Mean | ±95% CI | Mean | ±95% CI | Mean | ±95% CI | Mean | ±95% CI | |
| Thyrohyoid | 46.08 | 1.53 | 47.62 | 2.79 | 47.58 | 3.81 | 46.60 | 2.48 |
| Mylohyoid | 46.13 | 1.27 | 47.13 | 1.59 | 49.64 | 1.47 | 48.03 | 1.80 |
| Geniohyoid | 48.93 | 0.80 | 50.94 | 1.84 | 50.12 | 2.02 | 50.00 | 2.15 |
| Anterior digastric | 47.93 | 1.16 | 48.07 | 2.51 | 50.11 | 2.84 | 48.87 | 1.53 |
| Posterior digastric-stylohyoid | 44.21 | 1.93 | 44.92 | 1.39 | 44.98 | 2.24 | 45.66 | 2.15 |
| Palatopharyngeus | 49.41 | 1.13 | 50.76 | 2.00 | 51.11 | 2.53 | 51.39 | 1.46 |
| Stylopharyngeus | 53.30 | 4.05 | 55.32 | 4.61 | 57.47 | 5.75 | 58.62 | 4.22 |