Purpose: Decrease the threshold of the pharyngeal swallow response and improve the triggering speed of the pharyngeal swallow. Techniques: 1. Place a cold, wet cotton swab in contact with the anterior faucial a
patients have learned to improve tongue and jaw range of motion, and well base of tongue to posterior wall contact, laryngeal elevation, and pharyngeal contraction, resulting in resumption of oral feeding and discontinuation of feeding via peg tubes. with improvements in swallowing function from post...
Rehabilitative exercises, however, can improve swallowing function and resumption of oral intake or normal food and drink [7]. Rehabilitative exercises can be indirect (motor without swallow) or direct (motor with swallow) [8]. Indirect exercises aim to strengthen muscles involved in swallowing, ...
Effortful swallow, in which the patient swallows as hard as they can while squeezing the pharyngeal muscles as tightly as possible Base-of-tongue exercises, including yawning, pretending to gargle, pulling the tongue straight back in the mouth Lingual exercises with resistance, such as...
Some authors have evaluated the effect of IEMT on the swallow muscles by videofluoroscopy swallow studies (VFSS), noting that the amplitude of the hyoid movements increase during training, both in the oral (jaw and tongue) and pharyngeal phases [27]. The usefulness of IEMT to train respiratory...