Swallowing disorders (dysphagia) have been recognized by the WHO as a medical
disability associated with increased morbidity, mortality and costs of care. With increasing …

Many studies evaluate dysphagia in elderly patients and compare their swallowing to
younger controls to assess the degree of swallowing impairment. Previous research …

Background. Age-related muscle weakness due to atrophy and fatty infiltration in orofacial
muscles may be related to swallowing deficits in older adults. An important component of …

A major emphasis in the evaluation of swallowing is to identify physiological abnormalities in
swallowing that contribute to or explain unsafe swallowing (ie, ingested material enters the …

A literature review was conducted on temporal measures of swallowing in healthy
individuals with the purpose of determining the degree of variability present in such …

In this study we undertook careful analysis of 13 quantitative physiological variables related
to oropharyngeal swallowing from a sample of 42 subacute patients referred for dysphagia …

A literature review was conducted on hyoid and/or laryngeal displacement during
swallowing in healthy populations according to several inclusion criteria. Anterior and …

Purpose Traditional methods for measuring hyoid excursion from dynamic videofluoroscopy
recordings involve calculating changes in position in absolute units (mm). This method …

BACKGROUND: Dysphagia after stroke can cause a variety of complications, especially
aspiration pneumonia, which can be life-threatening. Therefore, rehabilitation methods to …

Age-related weakness due to atrophy and fatty infiltration in oropharyngeal muscles may be
related to dysphagia in older adults. However, little is known about changes in the …