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Table 3 Quick reference simplified set of SEMG data for screening purposes.

From: Surface electromyography as a screening method for evaluation of dysphagia and odynophagia

Disorder

 

SEMG locations

  
 

MS

SUB

INF

Additional peculiarity

 

T A S

T A S

T A S

 

Neurological

↑ ↓ Abn

↑ ↓ Abn

↑ N N

Disorganized Peaks*

Ent

N N N

N ↓ Abn

N ↑ N

Multiple Peaks**

Maxillofacial (Oral)***

↑ ↓ Abn

↑ N N

↑ N N

 

Gastroenterological

N N N

↑ N Abn

↑ ↑

Abn Regurgitation Peaks

Psychogenic****

N N N

N N N

N N N

Shoulder Tension

  1. Abbreviations: MS – masseter electrode location, SUB – submental electrode location, INF – infrahyoid electrode location; T – timing, A – electric amplitude, S – shape of a graphic record; N – normal, AbN – abnormal, ↑ – higher than normal, ↓ – lower than normal.
  2. * Appearance of MS, SUB and INF peaks is not coordinated
  3. ** One bolus can be swallowed in several shares
  4. *** Including salivary gland diseases
  5. **** Excluding malingering
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