Open AccessElectromyographic study of normal and deviant swallowing
Author(s) -
Charles Overstake
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the international journal of orofacial myology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2694-2526
pISSN - 0735-0120
DOI - 10.52010/ijom.1975.1.1.3
Subject(s) - swallowing , tongue , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neck muscles , medicine , electromyography , psychology , audiology , anatomy , dentistry , pathology
Summary: The findings of the study reported in this investigation appear to indicate that normal swallowing is a synchronous, precise behavior that utilizes some muscle energy output in all muscles of concern. Deviant swallowing is not only a habitual thrusting of the tongue anteriorly through or against a deviant dental configuration, but also appears to be a disarranged, asynchronous pattern utilizing more muscle energy output in all muscles of concern than in normal swallowing.