Effect of placement of a speech appliance on levator veli palatini muscle activity during blowing

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-232

  Tachimura, Takashi ^a   Nohara, Kanji ^a   Hara, Hisanaga ^a   Wada, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Electromyography; Levator veli palatini; Speech appliance; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOUTH CAVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHARYNX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032906345     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1999)036<0224:EOPOAS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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