Contracted Extravelar Segments of the Levator Veli Palatini Muscle: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Morphometric Study.

CONCLUSIONS: This study presented high-resolution data of the LVP muscle behavior with the first in vivo 3-D measurements of the contracted LVP muscle, which can be useful for the validation of computational models that aim at describing biomechanical properties of the LVP muscle in future research. The active behavior of the extravelar LVP muscle also provides some insight on optimal LVP muscle geometry to consider during cleft palate repair. PMID: 32551942 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal - June 16, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Bae Y, Perta K, Obert K, Kalmar E Tags: Cleft Palate Craniofac J Source Type: research