Physiologic features of vocal fatigue: Electromyographic spectral-compression in laryngeal muscles

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 959-965

  Boucher, Victor J ^a   Ahmarani, Christian ^b   Ayad, Tareck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Muscle fatigue; Prevention research; Spectral compression; Voice fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL FATIGUE; VOCALIZATION; LARYNX DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 33745249146     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000216824.07244.00     Document Type: Article

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