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Geriatrics, 2018 Reductions in muscle mass and strength are well known complications of advancing age. All muscles of the body are affected, including those critical to chewing and swallowing.
J. Cichero
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Exploring Tools for Designing Dysphagia-Friendly Foods: A Review
Foods, 2021 Dysphagia is a medical condition that affects normal swallowing. To prevent the risk of aspiration or choking, thickened fluids and texture-modified foods have been used for dysphagia management with the goal of slowing down the flow of liquids and ...
Larisa Giura +4 more
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Effects of Laryngeal Restriction on Pharyngeal Peristalsis and Biomechanics: Clinical Implications [PDF]
, 2016 To date, rehabilitative exercises aimed at strengthening the pharyngeal muscles have not been developed due to the inability to successfully overload and fatigue these muscles during their contraction, a necessary requirement for strength training.
Balasubramanian, Gokulakrishnan +5 more
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Sarcopenia and swallowing disorders in older people
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2019 Aging is accompanied by several changes which may affect swallowing function. The beginning of these changes, termed presbyphagia, still captures a preserved swallowing function, although burdened by the consequences of the physiological aging process ...
D. Azzolino +4 more
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Speech Therapy Telepractice for Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD): MaineCare (Medicaid) Cost Savings
International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2012 This Brief Communication represents an analysis of the cost savings to MaineCare (also referred to as Medicaid) directly attributable to service provided via speech therapy telepractice.
Michael P. Towey
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Factors Associated with Choking During Meals; a Risk Indicator for Repetitive Fevers in the Elderly Community [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Choking during meals is a common symptom in the elderly, however the factors associated with it have not been fully clarified. In this study, we examined the factors associated with choking during meals.
Nagata, E. (Emi) +2 more
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Role of fluid cohesiveness in safe swallowing
npj Science of Food, 2019 In patients with dysphagia, it has been a practice to thicken fluid food to prevent aspiration—the transport of a bolus into the trachea instead of the oesophagus.
K. Nishinari +3 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 BackgroundAbout 20% of all glottic carcinomas involve the anterior commissure (AC), and AC involvement was deemed to be a risk factor of local recurrence and poor prognosis.
Chen-Chi Wang +10 more
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A transatlantic comparative study of acute dysphagia services [PDF]
, 2012 This was the first study to compare acute dysphagia service provision directly between the UK and the US. It examined variations in acute dysphagia services between the UK and the US, determined clinicians’ perceptions of their own service and that of ...
Long, T, Newman, Roger
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2019 Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate improvements in swallowing function and physiology in a series of healthy older adults with radiographically confirmed dysphagia, following completion of an exercise-based swallowing intervention. Patients
Matina Balou +3 more
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