caa a22 4500 467935505 CHVBK 20180406152956.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00455-005-9010-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00455-005-9010-7 Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Submental Muscle Activity [Elektronische Daten] [Debra Suiter, Steven Leder, Jacki Ruark] Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy has been proposed as a treatment option for pharyngeal dysphagia. However, little is known about the effects, if any, that NMES has on specific biomechanical aspects of the pharyngeal swallow. The purpose of this study was to determine if two weeks of NMES applied to the submental muscles increased myoelectric activity. Ten age- and gender-matched subjects participated, and eight completed the protocol. Treatment was delivered using an AB or BA design. No treatment was given during the A condition. Subjects received ten 1-h NMES treatments during the B condition. Results indicated that seven of eight subjects exhibited no significant gains in myoelectric activity of the submental muscles following NMES. Therefore, the benefit of NMES to the submental muscles with the goal of improving the pharyngeal swallow is not supported. Additional research investigating duration of treatment as well as frequency and amplitude modulation of NMES is needed to determine if, how, and why NMES applied to the submental muscles affects the biomechanical aspects of both the normal and disordered pharyngeal swallow. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Deglutition nationallicence Deglutition Disorders nationallicence Electrical Stimulation nationallicence Pharyngeal dysphagia nationallicence Suiter Debra School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, The University of Memphis, 807 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA aut Leder Steven Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA aut Ruark Jacki Speech-Language Pathology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA aut Dysphagia Springer-Verlag 21/1(2006-01-01), 56-60 0179-051X 21:1<56 2006 21 455 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-005-9010-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-005-9010-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suiter Debra School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, The University of Memphis, 807 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Leder Steven Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruark Jacki Speech-Language Pathology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Dysphagia Springer-Verlag 21/1(2006-01-01), 56-60 0179-051X 21:1<56 2006 21 455 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer