abstract：:In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, dysphagia eventually occurs independent of time of onset. We studied dysphagia conditions in the early stage of ALS, principally at the oral phase. Videofluoroscopic and manometric studies were conducted on 11 patients (5 males and 6 females, age range = 47-82 years) wh...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Kawai S,Tsukuda M,Mochimatsu I,Enomoto H,Kagesato Y,Hirose H,Kuroiwa Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is still difficult to decide on the treatment modalities for advanced esophageal carcinoma when the prognostic factors of T4 esophageal cancer are not fully understood. In this article, we report that among 71 patients with T4 thoracic esophageal cancer, 49 underwent esophagectomy, 9 had curative resection (R0 grou...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Tachibana M,Dhar DK,Kinugasa S,Yoshimura H,Shibakita M,Ohno S,Ueda S,Fujii T,Kohno H,Nagasue N

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), there is a reverse flow of gastric contents up through the esophagus and potentially into the pharynx. Some patients who have GERD have reported difficulty in oropharyngeal swallowing. This study was designed to determine whether differences in the pharyngeal swallow exist in...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Mendell DA,Logemann JA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigable muscle weakness is the clinical hallmark of the human autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis (MG). Weakness of the oropharyngeal muscles produces dysphagia, which continues to be a major source of morbidity in MG. In this study we prospectively assessed 20 patients with myasthenia gravis who described difficul...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Colton-Hudson A,Koopman WJ,Moosa T,Smith D,Bach D,Nicolle M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) are likely to exhibit an impaired swallowing reflex. However, mechanisms of disturbed swallowing reflex have not been determined. Because the upper-airway function is inhibited by hypoxia and hypercapnia, we examined the relationship between the swallowing function...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Teramoto S,Ishii T,Matsuse T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertonicity and spasticity of the cricopharyngeal muscle (CPM) often result in dysphagia characterized by difficulty passing a bolus through the upper esophageal sphincter. Past treatments for this problem have included mechanical dilation and endoscopic and transcervical cricopharyngeal myotomy. More recently, botu...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Shaw GY,Searl JP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspiration is a common finding in the postesophagectomy barium swallow that often necessitates premature termination of the study prior to complete evaluation of the gastric conduit. More importantly, aspiration may play a significant role in the high incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in this populati...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Lewin JS,Hebert TM,Putnam JB Jr,DuBrow RA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interjudge reliability for videofluoroscopic (VFS) swallowing evaluations has been investigated, and results have, for the most part, indicated that reliability is poor. While previous studies are well-designed investigations of interjudge reliability, few reports of intrajudge reliability are available for VFS measur...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： McCullough GH,Wertz RT,Rosenbek JC,Mills RH,Webb WG,Ross KB

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adverse consequences of aspiration in regard to patient health and quality of life are well documented. It is generally accepted that the probability of aspiration is increased in patients with unilateral vocal fold motion impairment, however, the incidence and proposed mechanism of aspiration vary depending on th...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Heitmiller RF,Tseng E,Jones B

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to evaluate the disorder of swallowing apraxia and determine how it fits into the praxis system. Swallowing apraxia, a proposed disorder of lingual, labial, and mandibular coordination, has been observed before bolus transfer during the oral stage of swallowing. Although frequently discus...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Daniels SK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the results of a study that investigated how well wet phonation can predict penetration and/or aspiration of ingested material in dysphagic patients. Voice samples of 23 subjects with neurologic oropharyngeal dysphagia were collected immediately after each subject had swallowed nine different bo...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Warms T,Richards J

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the modified Evans blue dye (MEBD) test for the detection of aspirated materials in patients with tracheostomy has been questioned. The videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) has been the standard procedure used to detect aspiration, but there are known risks and the VFSS is not always an available ...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Brady SL,Hildner CD,Hutchins BF

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine what implications consistent presentation of food, delivered by an assistive feeding device at a position regarded as optimal, would have for the maintenance of food intake, duration of meals, and efficiency of eating. The trial employed an AB within-subjects design a...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Pinnington L,Hegarty J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the radiologic findings in young adults with dysphagia undergoing barium swallow and to compare these with the final clinical diagnosis. Clinical history, barium swallow, endoscopy (21 patients), manometry (18 patients), 24 h pH monitoring (4 patients), and out...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Lundquist A,Olsson R,Ekberg O

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspiration pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the elderly who are hospitalized or in nursing homes. Multiple risk factors for pneumonia have been identified, but no study has effectively compared the relative risk of factors in several different categories, including dysphagia. In this prospec...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Langmore SE,Terpenning MS,Schork A,Chen Y,Murray JT,Lopatin D,Loesche WJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships of four intensities of tactile-thermal application (TTA) to changes in duration of stage transition (DST) and performance on a newly designed scale of penetration and aspiration by groups of patients made dysphagic by stroke. Patients were randomly assigne...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Rosenbek JC,Robbins J,Willford WO,Kirk G,Schiltz A,Sowell TW,Deutsch SE,Milanti FJ,Ashford J,Gramigna GD,Fogarty A,Dong K,Rau MT,Prescott TE,Lloyd AM,Sterkel MT,Hansen JE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients with Chagas' disease and apparent normal esophageal function complain of dysphagia. With the objective of investigating the esophageal motility of these patients we studied the esophageal contraction amplitude, duration, velocity, and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure of 34 patients with a positi...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Dantas RO

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current classifications of dysphagia are based on local structural or central nervous system pathology causing dysfunction of the aerodigestive tract. The result is a clinical science grounded in the analysis of the swallow with its lingual, pharyngeal, and esophageal stages. Adding bolus preparation to the swallo...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Leopold NA,Kagel MC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data indicate that dysphagia may occur following unilateral cortical stroke; however, the elucidation of specific cytoarchitectonic sites that produce deglutition disorders remains unclear. In a previous study of unilateral cortical stroke patients with dysphagia, Daniels et al. proposed that the insula may be ...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Daniels SK,Foundas AL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal adduction for swallowing chiefly involves contraction of the thyroarytenoid and lateral cricoarytenoid muscles to seal the glottic chink. Vocal cord elongation supplements closure through cricoarytenoid activation. Relaxation of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle is also involved in the swallowing process. ...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Broniatowski M,Vito KJ,Shah B,Shields RW,Strome M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coordination between swallowing and respiration is essential for safe feeding, and noninvasive feeding-respiratory instrumentation has been used in feeding and dysphagia assessment. Sometimes there are differences of interpretation of the data produced by the various respiratory monitoring techniques, some of whic...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Tarrant SC,Ellis RE,Flack FC,Selley WG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electropalatography (EPG) has been applied to linguistic research and speech pathology. This study evaluated whether EPG could provide useful information on swallow-related tongue action. Specifically, the investigation focused on the quantification of tongue-palate contact patterns for swallowing and on the effects o...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Chi-Fishman G,Stone M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the sphere of dysphagia management, there is a growing need for the development of noninvasive methods of quantification of swallowing disorders. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine if surface electromyogram (EMG) at the throat could be measured during swallowing. Surface EMG was measured ...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Gupta V,Reddy NP,Canilang EP

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of bolus volume and viscosity on the distribution of anterior lingual force during the oral stage of swallowing was investigated using a new force transducer technology. The maximum force amplitudes from 5 normal adults were measured simultaneously at the mid-anterior, right, and left lateral tongue marg...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Miller JL,Watkin KL

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of oral sensorimotor treatment on oral-motor skills and measures of growth in moderately eating impaired children with cerebral palsy who were stratified by state of aspiration/nonaspiration. Twenty-seven children aged 2.5-10.0 years participated in this study (asp...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Gisel EG,Applegate-Ferrante T,Benson J,Bosma JF

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one patients were examined after laryngopharyngeal cancer surgery with a sequential computer manometry system using 4-channel-pressure probes. The general swallowing coordination is neither a matter of the oropharyngeal pressure thrust nor of the pharyngeal transit time, but mainly depends on swallowing initiat...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Walther EK

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Schedule for Oral Motor Assessment (SOMA) was developed to record oral-motor skills objectively in infants between ages 8 and 24 months postnatal. Its aim is to identify areas of dysfunction that could contribute to feeding difficulties. The procedure takes approximately 20 min to administer, and is intended to be...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Reilly S,Skuse D,Mathisen B,Wolke D

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A masticatory test using two-colored chewing gum is presented and analyzed. Two separate parameters of chewing were studied on the same chewing gum bolus after 10 strokes of oral preparation, color mixing, and bolus shaping. The two parameters were evaluated in indices 1-5. A test series should preferably contain thre...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Liedberg B,Owall B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the progress of a group of dysphagic stroke patients for whom a dental prosthesis the Palatal Training Appliance (PTA), was used in the active rehabilitation of the swallowing mechanism. Patients selected were those who had sustained a stroke uncomplicated by other neur...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Selley WG,Roche MT,Pearce VR,Ellis RE,Flack FC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging affects some members of the swallowing orchestra and spares the others. It seems that changes in the pharynx of the elderly are more of a positive nature than a negative one and reflect an adaptation to age-induced structural changes of the upper esophageal sphincter. In the esophagus, the positive change in deg...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Shaker R,Lang IM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 12-month clinical outcomes of nursing home patients who underwent videofluoroscopic swallowing evaluation was determined. A retrospective review of 40 patients in a teaching nursing home who had videofluoroscopic swallowing studies from 1987 through 1989 was performed. Clinical outcomes measured included feeding t...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Croghan JE,Burke EM,Caplan S,Denman S

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary achalasia refers to the development of clinical, radiographic, and manometric findings of achalasia as a result of (i.e., secondary to) another underlying disorder. A variety of malignancies have been associated with secondary achalasia. Adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction accounts for the majorit...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Parkman HP,Cohen S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropharmacological in vivo and in vitro investigations are beginning to provide insight into chemical signaling processes within brainstem networks controlling the individual stages of swallowing. Different subtypes of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors operate at the level of solitarial interneurons programming ...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Bieger D

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of kinematic pharyngeal transit times, a new videofluoroscopy technique, provides useful quantitative data to supplement the qualitative data previously available from videofluoroscopy swallowing studies. Kinematic pharyngeal transit times have not previously been reported for subjects with myopathy. This ...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Johnson ER,McKenzie SW

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a detailed protocol for performing the videofluorographic swallowing study (VFSS), and describes how it evolved from its antecedents. The objectives of the VFSS are both diagnostic and therapeutic. Preparing for the VFSS is described, including the equipment, food preparation, and a brief discussio...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Palmer JB,Kuhlemeier KV,Tippett DC,Lynch C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been renewed interest in the use of manometry of the pharyngoesophageal segment in the investigation of pharyngeal dysphagia. Advances in technology have alleviated previous difficulties presented by factors such as the rapid response rate of the striated muscle and asymmetry of the upper esophageal sphincte...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Castell JA,Castell DO

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swallowing is a complex mechanism that is based on the coordinated interplay of tongue, pharynx, and esophagus. Disturbances of this interplay or disorders of one or several of these components lead to dysphagia, non-cardiac chest pain, or regurgitation. The major esophageal motility disorders include achalasia, diffu...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Allescher HD,Ravich WJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the oral cavity, pharynx, and esophagus may be found in some dermatologic diseases. The connective tissue diseases especially may be accompanied by dysphagia. Furthermore, some rare inflammatory and bullous dermatologic diseases can lead to esophageal disorders. Finally, some infectious and malignant dise...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Bübl R,Schön B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In long-term care facilities little attention is given to the nutritional density, flavor, and presentation of the pureed diet texture. Use of the food processor to puree food offers opportunities for the development of pureed meals that are flavorful and appealing. This article presents guidelines that foodservice de...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Hotaling DL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old man who had sustained a closed head injury displayed extreme fear of being stimulated in the oral cavity, of being presented with foods, and of swallowing. The patient's fear increased his muscle tone and hypersensitivity in the facial and oral area, thereby preventing assessment of his dysphagia. We des...

journal_title：Dysphagia

authors： Brown GE,Nordloh S,Donowitz AJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00