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| Author(s): |
Claudia Regina Furquim de Andrade
[1]
;
Fernanda Chiarion Sassi
;
Fabiola Staróbole Juste
[3]
;
Maria Isis Marinho Meira
[4]
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional
[3] Universidade de São Paulo
[4] Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Pró-Fono R. Atual. Cient.; v. 20, n. 1, p. 67-70, 2008-03-00. |
| Abstract | |
BACKGROUND: stuttering. AIM: to compare muscle activation in fluent and stuttering individuals during speech and non-speech tasks. METHOD: six adults divided in two groups: G1 - three fluent individuals; G2 - three stuttering individuals. Muscle activity (surface electromyography) was captured by disposable electrodes fixed in four regions. Testing situations: muscle rest tension, speech reaction time, non-verbal activity, verbal activity. RESULTS: There was no significant statistical difference between the groups for the rest tension; G2 present longer speech reaction times; G2 presented muscle activity during the non-verbal task similar to that observed during rest; Muscle activity of G1 and G2 during the verbal task demonstrated to be similar. CONCLUSION: these results suggests that for G2 there is a poor control of timing for the coordination of motor processes. (AU) | |