[Speech and non-speech activities in stuttering: a preliminary study].
BACKGROUND
stuttering.


OBJECTIVE
to compare muscle activation in fluent and stuttering individuals during speech and non-speech tasks.


METHODS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
these results suggests that for G2 there is a poor control of timing for the coordination of motor processes.
Andrade
Claudia Regina Furquim de
CR
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. clauan@usp.br
Sassi
Fernanda Chiarion
FC
Juste
Fabiola Staróbole
FS
Meira
Maria Isis Marinho
MI
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004576:Electromyography; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000502:physiology; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000502:physiology; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013342:Stuttering / Q000503:physiopathology*