Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2400 E. Hartford Avenue, Suite 840, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA.
Sun Prairie Area School District, Sun Prairie, WI, USA.
Dysphagia. 2022 Aug;37(4):788-799. doi: 10.1007/s00455-021-10328-x. Epub 2021 Jun 16.
Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is an exercise program designed to strengthen the muscles of expiration by increasing expiratory load during breathing exercises using either resistive or pressure threshold devices. Previous research has shown that EMST may increase submental suprahyoid muscle activity as measured with surface electromyography. The impact of EMST on submental muscles is of interest to those who treat dysphagia. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the cross-sectional area of the geniohyoid muscle changes as observed with ultrasound during a 5-week EMST program performed at 75% of maximum expiratory strength using the EMST150 device in healthy adults. Ten healthy adults participated in the 5-week program. Maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) and cross-sectional area of the geniohyoid muscle were measured weekly. Geniohyoid cross-sectional area was measured from ultrasound images recorded in the coronal plane. Repeated Measures ANOVA was used to determine whether there were significant changes among the dependent variables over the study period. Both MEP and geniohyoid area increased significantly in response to a 5-week program of EMST. EMST in healthy adults is effective at strengthening the geniohyoid muscle as reflected by significantly increased cross-sectional area measured with B-mode ultrasound. This is the first study to document weekly change in muscle morphology as a result of EMST. Increasing geniohyoid muscle mass and consequent strength through a program of EMST may be beneficial for persons with pharyngeal stage dysphagia resulting from reduced hyolaryngeal elevation, reduced laryngeal closure, or reduced UES opening.
呼气肌力量训练(EMST)是一种锻炼计划,旨在通过在呼吸练习中使用阻力或压力阈值设备来增加呼气负荷,从而增强呼气肌的力量。先前的研究表明,EMST 可能会增加颏下舌骨上肌的表面肌电图测量的活动。EMST 对颏下肌的影响对于治疗吞咽困难的人来说很重要。本研究的目的是确定在使用 EMST150 设备以 75%最大呼气强度进行为期 5 周的 EMST 计划期间,超声是否可以观察到颏舌骨肌的横截面积发生变化。10 名健康成年人参加了为期 5 周的计划。每周测量最大呼气压力(MEP)和颏舌骨肌的横截面积。颏舌骨肌的横截面积是从冠状平面记录的超声图像中测量的。重复测量方差分析用于确定研究期间依赖变量是否存在显着变化。MEP 和颏舌骨区域均因 5 周的 EMST 计划而显着增加。健康成年人的 EMST 可有效增强颏舌骨肌,这反映在 B 模式超声测量的横截面积显着增加。这是第一项记录由于 EMST 导致的肌肉形态每周变化的研究。通过 EMST 计划增加颏舌骨肌的质量和随之而来的力量,可能对由于舌骨上抬减少、喉关闭减少或 UES 开口减少而导致咽期吞咽困难的人有益。