[The age-related functional characteristics of the facial and soft palatal muscles in healthy children based on rheo- and electromyographic data].

Rheo- and electromyographies were used to examine facial and soft palate muscle functions in 120 children aged 4 to 12 years. The findings evidence that the blood flow intensity and velocity reduce with age, as does the response to the functional test; the vascular tone increases. The bioelectric activity of the above-mentioned muscles grows with age, this evidencing the development of a child's neuromuscular and vascular systems.