Abstract Objective To study the application value of surface electromyography in children with dysphagia. Methods A total of 20 children with dysphagia were enrolled as the observation group, and 20 healthy children, matched for sex and age, were enrolled as the control group. Surface electromyography was used to record the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the resting state and the state after water swallowing. The two groups were compared in terms of the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the resting state and the state after swallowing 5 mL water. The observation group was observed in terms of the changes in the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups after 1 month of rehabilitation treatment. A Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation of the degree of dysphagia with the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the observation group. Results There was no significant difference between the two groups in the electromyography integral values of the submental and infrahyoid muscle groups in the resting state (P > 0.05), while after water swallowing, the observation group had significantly higher electromyography integral values than the control group (P P P Conclusions Surface electromyography is useful in the diagnosis and therapeutic effect evaluation for dysphagia in children.
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