Application of surface electromyography in children with dysphagia.
- Author:
Jin-Hua HE
1
;
Juan ZHANG
;
Li-Ping YUAN
;
Rong QIN
;
Hua LIU
;
Ya-Qin DUAN
;
Hong-Tao ZHOU
;
Yu-Juan XIONG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha 410007, China. hejinhua110@sina.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Child;
Deglutition;
Deglutition Disorders;
Electromyography;
Humans
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2019;21(11):1089-1093
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To study the application value of surface electromyography in children with dysphagia.
METHODS:A total of 20 children with dysphagia were enrolled as the observation group, and 20 healthy children, matched for sex and age, were enrolled as the control group. Surface electromyography was used to record the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the resting state and the state after water swallowing. The two groups were compared in terms of the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the resting state and the state after swallowing 5 mL water. The observation group was observed in terms of the changes in the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups after 1 month of rehabilitation treatment. A Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation of the degree of dysphagia with the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the observation group.
RESULTS:There was no significant difference between the two groups in the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the resting state (P>0.05), while after water swallowing, the observation group had significantly higher electromyography integral values than the control group (P<0.05). The observation group had significant improvements in the clinical symptoms of dysphagia after treatment, with significant reductions in the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups (P<0.05). The severity of dysphagia was positively correlated with the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups (P<0.01).
CONCLUSIONS:Surface electromyography is useful in the diagnosis and therapeutic effect evaluation for dysphagia in children.
