Dysphagia In Stroke: Development Of A Standard Method To Examine Swallowing Recovery

Main Category: Stroke
Also Included In: Ear, Nose and Throat;  Neurology / Neuroscience
Article Date: 03 Sep 2006 - 5:00 PDT

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Dysphagia, a disorder of swallowing, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality following stroke.

This study began development of a standard method to evaluate swallowing recovery after stroke based on a definition of dysphagia derived from three domains: bolus timing, bolus direction, and bolus clearance.

We designed Experiment 1 to define normal versus disordered swallowing based on the range of scores in a sample of healthy adults.

We designed Experiment 2 to apply these established thresholds to identify the presence of dysphagia in stroke patients.

Results indicate that dysphagia may be more accurately detected by the identification of abnormalities on multiple objective measures of swallowing rather than reliance on laryngeal penetration or aspiration alone.

Dysphagia in stroke: Development of a standard method to examine swallowing recovery, pg. 347 (PDF)

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