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An Implantable System For Chronic In Vivo Electromyography
Published on: April 21, 2020
Laryngeal electromyography as a diagnostic tool for Parkinson's disease
Ana P Zarzur1, André de Campos Duprat, Berenice O Cataldo
1Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Science Faculty, Santa Casa de São Paulo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objectives/Hypothesis:
To study the laryngeal electromyography pattern in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and vocal complaints at different stages of the disease.
Study Design:
Cross-sectional cohort study.
Methods:
Ninety-four adults with PD and vocal complaints at different stages of the disease (according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale) underwent laryngeal electromyography.
Results:
Tremors were not detected on laryngeal electromyography of the cricothyroid and thyroarytenoid muscles even in patients with clinical tremor. Laryngeal electromyography hypercontractility during voice rest was the typical result observed in 91.5% of patients regardless of disease severity. Gender and age of subjects did not correlate with laryngeal electromyography results. Patients with PD presented spontaneous intrinsic laryngeal muscle activity during voice rest, regardless of disease severity.
Conclusions:
This study was significant because it reported on the use of laryngeal electromyography in a large number of patients with PD and vocal complaints grouped according to PD severity. The patterns observed suggest that laryngeal electromyography is a valuable diagnostic tool for PD even at early phases of the disease.
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