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Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Rare Cause of Dysphagia

Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2014
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a disease characterized by massive, non-inflammatory ossification with intensive formation of osteophytes affecting ligaments, tendons, and fascia of the anterior part of the spinal column, mostly in the
Anuar Khairullah, Hitam Shahrul, Sushil Brito Mutuyanagam   +2 more
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Relation between acoustic analysis of swallowing and the presence of pharyngeal residue and penetration/aspiration in resistant hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Revista CEFAC, 2020
Purpose: to evaluate the relationship between acoustic analysis of swallowing sounds and the presence of pharyngeal residue and penetration/aspiration detected by fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in resistant hypertensive patients with ...
Mariana Pinheiro Brendim, Thalyta Georgia Vieira Borges, Carla Rocha Muniz, Flavia Rodrigues Ferreira, Elizabeth Silaid Muxfeldt   +4 more
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Dysphagia is a strong predictor of death and functional dependence at three months post-stroke

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022
Background: Few Brazilian studies investigated risk factors for dysphagia and associated complications in a large cohort. Objective: To investigate frequency, predictors, and associated outcomes of dysphagia in patients up to three months post-stroke.
Aline Cristina PACHECO-CASTILHO, Rubia Poliana Crisóstomo MIRANDA, Ana Maria Queirós NORBERTO, Diandra Bosi FAVORETTO, Brunna Pileggi RIMOLI, Luciana Bezerra de Mello ALVES, Karina Tavares WEBER, Taiza Elaine Grespan SANTOS, Julio Cesar MORIGUTI, João Pereira LEITE, Roberto Oliveira DANTAS, Rosemary MARTINO, Octávio Marques PONTES-NETO   +12 more
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Prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in hereditary spastic paraplegias [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2020
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic diseases characterized by lower limb spasticity with or without additional neurological features.
Laís Alves Jacinto-Scudeiro, Gustavo Dariva Machado, Annelise Ayres, Daniela Burguêz, Marcia Polese-Bonatto, Carelis González-Salazar, Marina Siebert, Marcondes Cavalcante França Junior, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik, Jonas Alex Morales Saute   +9 more
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Evaluation of the neo-glottal closure based on the source description in esophageal voice [PDF]

, 2008
The characteristics of esophageal voice render its study by traditional acoustic means to be limited and complicate. These limitations are even stronger when working with patients lacking minimal skills to control the required technique. Nevertheless the
Fernández-Baillo Gallego de la Sacristana, Roberto, Gómez Vilda, Pedro, Ramírez, Carlos, Scola, Bartolomé   +3 more
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Quantitative analysis of swallowing in parkinson´s disease before and after riboflavin [PDF]

, 2014
Purposeto verify the quantitative changes in the swallowing dynamics in patients with Parkinson´s disease submitted to treatment with riboflavin, red meat and poultry removed during one year period.
Chiari, Brasilia Maria, Coimbra, Cicero Galli, Gonçalves, Maria Inês Rebelo, Lederman, Henrique Manoel, Silvério, Carolina Castelli   +4 more
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Assessing a Mitochondrial Disease Treatment via a Novel Statistical Technique for Accelerometer Data

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Therapeutic development for mitochondrial diseases, rare genetic disorders with pathogenic defects of oxidative phosphorylation, is hindered by unsatisfactory outcome measures. To address this problem, we provide the first clinical application of a novel, bias‐adjusted outcome measure of acceleration across a range of subjects ...
Ian W. McKeague, Kristin Engelstad, Yue Ge, Amber Tucker, Shufang Li, Jasim Uddin, Ziwei Zhao, John L. P. Thompson, Michio Hirano   +8 more
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Incidence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in institutionalized patients with spastic tetraparetic cerebral palsy [PDF]

, 2009
PURPOSE: To verify the incidence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in institutionalized patients with spastic tetraparetic cerebral palsy, correlating the findings with food consistency and type of hydration. METHODS: A total of 140 patients, with an average of
Flório, Carla Patrícia Frigério, Lucchi, Carla, Reis, Thaís Maria Dos, Silvério, Carolina Castelli   +3 more
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Scoliosis Surgery in a Patient With Advanced Friedreich's Ataxia—It Is Not Too Late

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Friedreich's ataxia is a multisystem disorder with scoliosis being the most common non‐neurological manifestation. While scoliosis surgery is typically performed in adolescent, ambulatory patients, few data exist on surgical outcomes in patients with advanced disease.
Kathrin Reetz, Stella A. Lischewski, Jörg B. Schulz, Maximilian Praster, Miguel Pishnamaz, on behalf of the FACROSS study group, Imis Dogan, Sandro Romanzetti, Ravi Dadsena, Kerstin Konrad, Thomas Clavel, Vera Jankowski, Joachim Jankowski, Oliver Pabst, Nikolaus Marx, Julia Moellmann, Malte Jacobsen, Katharina Marx‐Schütt, Juergen Dukart, Simon Eickhoff, Ralf‐Dieter Hilgers   +20 more
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Differences in pharyngeal swallow event timing: Healthy aging, Parkinson disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2023
Objective The pharyngeal phase of swallowing involves a coordinated sequence of events. Event durations may be prolonged in people with Parkinson disease (PwPD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PwALS); however, the cumulative effect of these changes ...
Pooja Gandhi, Emily K. Plowman, Catriona M. Steele   +2 more
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