Table 1

Range of electric activity of m. masseter, submental-submandibular and infrahyoid muscles in a single swallow test, in μV (mean ± standard deviation)


Control group
Dental patients



24 h postop
72 h postop

TESTS:



Masseter: Normal swallow
17.124 ± 7.548
11.875 ± 4.183
15.045 ± 5.762
Submental: Normal swallow
36.750 ± 10.032
25.754 ± 9.025
27.650 ± 8.333
Infrahyoid: Normal swallow
16.183 ± 6.954
10.875 ± 3.045
15.873 ± 3.775

Vaiman et al. Head & Face Medicine 2006 2:34   doi:10.1186/1746-160X-2-34