Table 2.
The maximal RMS value of the suprahyoid, thyrohyoid, sternohyoid, and SCM muscles in healthy participants and patients with dysphagia.
| Max suprahyoid RMS | Max thyrohyoid RMS | Max sternothyroid RMS | Max SCM RMS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaker (μV) | CTAR (μV) | SubM (μV) | Shaker (μV) | CTAR (μV) | SubM (μV) | Shaker (μV) | CTAR (μV) | SubM (μV) | Shaker (μV) | CTAR (μV) | SubM (μV) | ||
| HP | Mean | 50.80 | 39.10 | 178.00*# | 72.25 | 41.55 | 153.00*# | 104.45 | 41.40* | 165.15*# | 135.00 | 51.36* | 101.86 |
| SD | 32.98 | 24.26 | 109.86 | 47.14 | 26.66 | 65.03 | 55.95 | 18.23 | 91.14 | 86.25 | 38.93 | 67.54 | |
| DP | Mean | 81.73 | 37.48* | 80.99# | 92.60 | 46.19* | 78.19 | 98.40 | 43.16* | 80.29# | 103.93 | 54.98* | 59.05* |
| SD | 49.92 | 27.63 | 35.81 | 53.57 | 30.36 | 60.52 | 27.81 | 27.98 | 48.27 | 39.00 | 29.12 | 29.56 | |
RMS, root mean square; SD, standard deviation; CTAR, chin tuck against resistance; SubM, submandibular push exercise; SCM, sternocleidomastoid; Max, maximum; HP, healthy participants; DP, dysphagic patients.
vs. Shaker, *p < 0.05; vs. CTAR, #p < 0.05.