Electromyographic fatigue of orbicular oris muscles during exercises in mouth and nasal breathing children

PURPOSE: To investigate the process of fatigue in orbicularis oris muscles by analyzing the median frequency of electromyographic signal and the referred fatigue time, according to the breathing mode and the facial pattern.METHODS: The participants were 70 children, aged 6 to 12 years, who matched t...

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Main Authors: Angela Ruviaro Busanello-Stella, Ana Paula Blanco-Dutra, Eliane Castilhos Rodrigues Corrêa, Ana Maria Toniolo da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia
Series:CoDAS
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-17822015000100080&lng=en&tlng=en