Effect of swallow stimuli on normalized electromyogram amplitude (% of maximum) and durations (ms) of selected swallow-related muscles, over the three stimulus conditions.

<p>*Significant effect (repeated measures ANOVA, P<0.05), significant difference (post-hoc test) from both other stimuli conditions (P<0.05).</p><p>Effect of swallow stimuli on normalized electromyogram amplitude (% of maximum) and durations (ms) of selected swallow-related muscles, over the three stimulus conditions.</p

Raw electromyographic traces of swallow stimulated by the three conditions.

<p>Note the increased burst amplitude of the mylohyoid and post-swallow cricopharyngeus with the addition of water, and increased duration of the parasternal muscle electromyogram during pharyngeal swabbing.</p

Pearson product moment correlation scatter plot examples for the comparisons with the largest <i>r</i> values.

<p>Pearson product moment correlation scatter plot examples for the comparisons with the largest <i>r</i> values.</p

Pearson Correlations comparing electromyogram amplitude and duration during swallowing.

<p>All data was pooled over the three conditions: water only, water plus punctate mechanical stimulation and pharyngeal swabbing.</p><p>Pearson Correlations comparing electromyogram amplitude and duration during swallowing.</p