Assessment of electromyographic (EMG) activity, superficially or intramuscularly, is currently considered a non- or minimally invasive tool for assessing muscle function or providing biofeedback in swallow disorder therapy76,77. The muscle groups that are frequently probed include the jaw and perioral, ...
King's College Hospital Foundation Trust, London, UK; 12College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia; 13Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence: Omar Ortega Gastrointestinal Physiology Laboratory, Depart...
well-prepared to understand the deeper issues underlying a disorder and know which intervention to apply to remedy that problem. This reasoning seems standard practice in most healthcare and typically meets with success. However, are there ways to improve outcomes?
ADL, Activities of daily living; ESAT, Eating and swallowing assessment team; ESDED, Eating and swallowing disorder of the elderly with dementia; MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging Full size image Intervention and follow up Intervention group participants received CGA through the original CP with ...
By 2013, Jeff’s swallowing became unsustainable. He had his second swallow study which confirmed aspiration. Aspiration in this case is where food and liquid enters the lungs. He met with a speech-language pathologist who prescribed a set of oral exercises. When those failed, he went...