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Continuous drinking of 100 ml water – duration of muscle activity excluding the initial oral stage (mean ± SD) |
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| Control group |
Dental patients |
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| Total duration (s) |
10.2 ± 2.78 |
17.9 ± 5.32 |
| Number of swallows |
6.9 ± 1.8 |
10.7 ± 2.90 |
| Duration of one swallow (s) |
1.51 ± 0.4 |
1.75 ± 0.6 |
| ml/swallow |
14.5 ± 3.55 |
10.0 ± 2.85 |
| ml/swallow in % |
100% |
69% |
Vaiman et al. Head & Face Medicine 2006 2:34 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-2-34 |
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