Electrical Excitability of the Facial Muscles in Cleft Lip & Palate Cases

The present study show that the excitability of the orbicularis oris muscle on the cleft side was low as compared to the non cleft side, and as deformity was increasing from group 1-1/3 to group II a higher intensity of current was required to get minimal muscular contraction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. K. Bhatnagar, R. Chandra, R. N. Sharma, B. Dayal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 1978-12-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1778360