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Living with oropharyngeal dysphagia: effects of bolus modification on health-related quality of life—a systematic review
Difficulty swallowing, oropharyngeal dysphagia, is widespread among many patient populations (such as stroke and cancer groups) and aged community-dwelling individuals. It is commonly managed with bolus modif...
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Swallowing Problems at the End of the Palliative Phase: Incidence and Severity in 164 Unsedated Patients
Swallowing problems are reported to be a common finding in patients who receive palliative care. In existing literature, the incidence of swallowing problems is mostly described in small numbers of patients at...
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Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in the Netherlands: A Telephone Survey
Recent and specific data on the prevalence and/or incidence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in the general population are scarce. This study focuses on obtaining this data by means of a literature review and teleph...
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FEES Protocol Derived Estimates of Sensitivity: Aspiration in Dysphagic Patients
Aspiration is a common phenomenon in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia. It can be studied using fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). FEES is well known and widely used in the diagnosis an...
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Bedside Screening to Detect Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Patients with Neurological Disorders: An Updated Systematic Review
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a highly prevalent comorbidity in neurological patients and presents a serious health threat, which may le to outcomes of aspiration pneumonia ranging from hospitalization to death. ...
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Psychometric Characteristics of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Questionnaires in Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Dysphagia can have severe consequences for the patient’s health, influencing health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Sound psychometric properties of HRQoL questionnaires are a precondition for assessing the i...
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Open AccessThe Effect of Surface Electrical Stimulation on Swallowing in Dysphagic Parkinson Patients
Surface electrical stimulation has been applied on a large scale to treat oropharyngeal dysphagia. Patients suffering from oropharyngeal dysphagia in the presence of Parkinson’s disease have been treated with ...
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Behavioural Treatment of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Bolus Modification and Management, Sensory and Motor Behavioural Techniques, Postural Adjustments, and Swallow Manoeuvres
This chapter gives an overview of the most common behavioural techniques for treating oropharyngeal dysphagia, namely bolus modification and management, sensory and motor behavioural techniques, postural adjus...
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Open AccessQuality of Life in Oncological Patients with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Validity and Reliability of the Dutch Version of the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory and the Deglutition Handicap Index
Quality of life is an important outcome measurement in objectifying the current health status or therapy effects in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia. In this study, the validity and reliability of the Dut...
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Open AccessBiomechanical Analysis of Hyoid Bone Displacement in Videofluoroscopy: A Systematic Review of Intervention Effects
This systematic review explores studies using biomechanical analysis of hyoid bone displacement in videofluoroscopy of swallowing as a spatial outcome parameter to evaluate intervention effects. Two authors in...
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Open AccessRehabilitation Program for Prosthetic Tracheojejunal Voice Production and Swallowing Function Following Circumferential Pharyngolaryngectomy and Neopharyngeal Reconstruction with a Jejunal Free Flap
The case of a 68-year-old woman with postoperative speech and swallowing problems following a circumferential pharyngolaryngectomy and neopharyngeal reconstruction with a jejunal free flap is presented. The pr...
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Open AccessEffects of Therapy in Oropharyngeal Dysphagia by Speech and Language Therapists: A Systematic Review
Medical and paramedical treatments should be evaluated according to current standards of evidence-based medicine. Evaluation of therapy in oropharyngeal dysphagia fits into this growing interest. A systematic ...
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Open AccessEffects of Therapy for Dysphagia in Parkinson’s Disease: Systematic Review
This systematic review explores the effects of dysphagia treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The review includes rehabilitative, surgical, pharmacologic, and other treatments. Only oropharyngeal dysphagia is se...
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Open AccessThe effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for dysphagia in opercular syndrome: a case study
A 76-year-old man with opercular syndrome characterized by complete bilateral loss of voluntary control of facial, lingual, pharyngeal and masticatory muscles is presented with focus on the severe dysphagia. T...
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Rejection of injectable silicone “Bioplastique” used for vocal fold augmentation
A rare case of repeated granulomatous inflammation after silicone injection laryngoplasty for vocal fold immobility as well as its treatment by endoscopic approach is reported. The patient presented a right-si...
