Background and Purpose—Screening for dysphagia is essential to the implementation of preventive therapies for patients with stroke. A systematic review was undertaken to determine the evidence-based validity of dysphagia screening items using instrumental evaluation as the reference standard. Methods—Four databases from 1985 through March 2011 were searched using the terms cerebrovascular disea...

OBJECTIVES To assess the presence, severity, and differences in dysphagia in Parkinson disease (PD), Parkinson variant of multiple system atrophy (MSA-P), and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and to study the pathophysiology of swallowing abnormalities in these disorders. METHODS We applied an electrophysiologic method to evaluate oral-pharyngeal swallowing. We analyzed the following mea...

Background and Purpose—Screening for dysphagia is essential to the implementation of preventive therapies for patients with stroke. A systematic review was undertaken to determine the evidence-based validity of dysphagia screening items using instrumental evaluation as the reference standard. Methods—Four databases from 1985 through March 2011 were searched using the terms cerebrovascular disea...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of the study was to assess whether and how frequently patients with acute first-ever stroke exhibit gustatory dysfunction. METHODS We performed a 1-year prospective observational study. Gustatory function was assessed using the standardized "taste strips" test. In addition, we assessed olfactory function, swallowing, stroke location, comorbidities, and the patie...

The article describes the urgent problem of ischemic stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. It is proved that combination AF most severe terms developing stable motor and speech disorders disability. frail older patients, as well swallowing reduced medical adherence present a special from this point view. famous clinical studies on secondary cardioembolic are RE-LY, ROCKET-AF, ...

Introduction Radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy can result in severe swallowing disorders with potential risk for aspiration and can negatively impact the patient's quality of life (QOL). Objective To assess swallowing-related QOL in patients who underwent radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Methods We interviewed 110 patients (85 men and 25 women) who had undergone exclusiv...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS This study explores whether changes in voice- and swallow-related QoL are associated with progression of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). Furthermore, it examines the relationship between patients' perception of both voice and swallowing disorders in IPD. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical study, quality of life (QoL). METHODS One-hundred mentally competent IPD pat...

Dysphagia due to cricopharyngeal dysfunction is well known; however, there have been no previous data indicating an association between cricopharyngeal dysfunction and COPD. After observing marked cricopharyngeal dysfunction with aspiration in three patients who had frequent and severe exacerbations of COPD, we performed pharyngoesophageal examinations with videotaping in another 22 nonrandomiz...

ii The undersigned have examined the dissertation entitled 'Automatic method of acoustical swallowing detection for monitoring of ingestive behavior' presented by Oleksandr Makeyev, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering Science) and hereby certify that it is worthy of acceptance. Abstract Our understanding of the etiology of obesity and overweight is incomplete due to ...

c NORMAL SWALLOWING Sherrington originally studied swallowing in decerebrate cats. He described the effect of various agents—whiskey, oil, water—which, when dropped onto the area supplied by the superior laryngeal nerve, would elicit a “swallow”. This “swallow” did not involve any preparation of a bolus or any lingual propulsion, and was justifiably considered to be a reflex. I will use the ter...