CONTEXT The swallowing behavior is affected by age and possibly by gender. However, the interaction of the effects of age and gender on swallowing is not completely known. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the possibility of interaction of gender and age on human swallowing behavior. METHOD Swallowing was evaluated in 89 healthy subjects by the water swallowing test, 43 men and 46 women aged 20-40 yea...

BACKGROUND Swallowing changes are commonly observed in Parkinson's and Parkinsonism plus syndromes. Expeditious identification is necessary to provide early intervention in this population to avoid risk of aspiration and swallowing complications. OBJECTIVE To investigate swallowing problems using detailed case history and swallowing speed on 3 ounce water test in three groups i.e. PD, MSA and...

Editor’s key points † The recovery of the swallowing reflex is key to weaning from tracheostomy. † A cuffed tracheostomy tube anchors the tracheal to the anterior neck tissues and interferes with swallowing. † This study in intensive care patients demonstrated that the presence of a cuffed tube interferes with both the latency and magnitude of the swallowing reflex. † The effect increased with ...

BACKGROUND Swallowing dysfunction is an increasingly recognized problem in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), which can result in aspiration pneumonia and death. Few studies have examined potential ways of improving swallowing function in this fragile patient group. The aim of this study was to evaluate swallowing dysfunction and carbonated liq...

BACKGROUND Swallowing disorders following treatment for oral and pharyngeal cancer are mainly considered a surgical sequel. The recent finding that radiotherapy-induced decline in intraoral sensory abilities established an incentive to elucidate any association between the degree of sensory decline and the degree of swallowing dysfunction. METHODS Oral and pharyngeal swallowing was cineradiog...

To determine the cooperative effect of laryngeal afferent signals on the swallowing reflex, we examined whether afferent signals originating from the left and right superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) modulates elicitation of the swallowing reflex in urethane-anesthetized rats. Mylohyoid electromyographic activity was recorded to quantify the swallowing reflex. The onset latency of the swallowing re...

It has been reported that swallowing is a rhythmic movement, in which the onset of the oro-pharyngeal stage of swallowing starts from the mylohyoid muscle, followed by movement of the oral and pharyngeal muscles, and reaching the superior esophageal sphincter muscle. This is defined as the oro-pharyngeal stage of swallowing. It has also been reported that along with this movement, the larynx el...

Dysphagia, or swallowing difficulty, is a common problem following severe traumatic brain injury and is associated with an increased risk of malnutrition and pneumonia. Management of patients with dysphagia following head injury is complicated by the presence of cognitive, communication, and behavioral impairments. The purpose of this review article is to help physicians taking care of traumati...

In the present study, we show for the first time that motor imagery of swallowing, which is defined as the mental imagination of a specific motor act without overt movements by muscular activity, can be successfully used as mental strategy in a neurofeedback training paradigm. Furthermore, we demonstrate its effects on cortical correlates of swallowing function. Therefore, N = 20 healthy young ...