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PurposePost-stroke dysphagia is an underdiagnosed but relevant complication, associated with worse outcome, dependency and quality of life of stroke survivors.
Philipp Balcerak+4 more
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Effects of Chin-Down Maneuver on Pharyngeal Pressure Generation According to Dysphagia and Viscosity [PDF]
Objective To demonstrate the effects of chin-down maneuver on swallowing by using high-resolution manometry (HRM). Methods HRM data of 20 healthy subjects and 64 dysphagic patients were analyzed. Participants swallowed 5 mL of thin and honey-like liquids
Sun Myoung Lee+5 more
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Patient-centred pharmaceutical design to improve acceptability of medicines : similarities and differences in paediatric and geriatric populations [PDF]
Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are ...
Batchelor, Hannah K.+7 more
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BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of ischaemic stroke patients show initial dysphagia, which may persist for months. Guidelines recommend switching nasogastric (NG) to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube feeding at the second week after the stroke if ...
Georg Kägi+5 more
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Deglutition pattern in Angle’s Class II malocclusion
Purpose: to analyze the electromyographic activity of the suprahyoid muscles during deglutition in participants with Angle´s Class II malocclusion. Methods: electromyographic data recordings were performed in the supra-hyoid muscles during swallowing ...
Ana Clara Morari+7 more
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Swallowing reflex: analysis of the efficiency of different stimuli on healthy young individuals [PDF]
BACKGROUND: the absence or delay of the swallowing reflex is considered a significant sign of dysphagia. Therefore, the therapy traditionally applied to these cases consists in increasing the intra-oral input through cold touches (0 or 00 larynx mirror ...
Motta, Andréa Rodrigues+2 more
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A miotomia do cricofaríngeo: artigo de revisão Cricopharyngeal myotomy: review article
A miotomia do cricofaríngeo é um procedimento cirúrgico que pode ser indicado para pacientes com disfagia orofaríngea que, em geral, caracterize-se por distúrbio motor limitado à fase faríngea da deglutição, incoordenação cricofaríngea ou relaxamento ...
Maria Camila Castilho do Amaral+1 more
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Clinical evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia in Machado-Joseph disease
CONTEXT: In Machado-Joseph disease, poor posture, dystonia and peripheral neuropathy are extremely predisposing to oropharyngeal dysphagia, which is more commonly associated with muscular dystrophy.
Sabrina Mello Alves Corrêa+4 more
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Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Mucopolysaccharidoses: Evidence from Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are rare inborn errors of metabolism, leading to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) in distinct tissues. We investigated oropharyngeal dysphagia using the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) in patients with ...
Luciana Carneiro+3 more
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