Electromyographic Activity of Masseter Muscle During Deglutition in Total Laryngectomized Subjects

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01095289

emgca-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate the electromyographic activity of masseter muscle during deglutition in laryngectomized subjects.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• laryngectomy

Exclusion criteria

• neurological diseases
• no oral feeding

Trial design

16 participants in 1 patient group

Total Laryngectomized