Table 2 Continuous drinking of 100 ml water – duration of muscle activity excluding the initial oral stage (mean ± SD)
From: Oynophagia in patients after dental extraction: surface electromyography study
Control group | Dental patients | |
|---|---|---|
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% |