A Predictive Model Based on Surface Electromyography to Assess the Easiness of Deglutition of Dysphagia Diets

Yuki Kayanuma¹, Reiko Ueda¹, Michiko Minami², Arata Abe³, Kazumi Kimura³, Junko Funaki^4,5, Yoshiro Ishimaru¹ and Tomiko Asakura^1*

¹Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

²Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

³Department of Neurological Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

⁴International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women’s University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

⁵Graduate School of Health and Environmental of Sciences, Fukuoka Women’s University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan