New and Evolving Treatments for Neurologic Dysphagia

A Sasegbon, I Cheng, B Labeit, S Lapa, N Rommel… - Drugs, 2024 - Springer
Despite swallowing being a frequently performed daily function, it is highly complex. For a
safe swallow to occur, muscles within the head, neck, and thorax need to contract in a …

Relationship between rheological properties, sensory perception, and overall acceptability of thickened liquids for dysphagia in young and old healthy individuals

YG Chun, YJ Kim, IY Lee, EY Jeon, BK Kim - Food Research International, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated the relationship between rheological properties, sensory perception,
and overall acceptability in healthy young and old groups for dysphagia thickened liquids …

Ethical considerations in the care of people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties

P Leslie, D Lisiecka - Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
We hope to widen clinicians' perspectives and reflection on factors influencing these
challenges (including own biases), and how to address them so that the patient and the …

Effect of thickened water swallow training in tube‐feeding and dysphagia patients in the acute and early subacute phases of stroke: A quasi‐experimental study

J Su, Y Li, Z Xu, D Sun, X Zhu, Y Dong… - Journal of Oral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Thickened water has been widely used in patients with dysphagia who receive
oral feeding, but there is little evidence for tube‐feeding patients. Objective To explore the …

Swallow safety and laryngeal kinematics: a comparison of dysphagia between Parkinson's disease and cerebrovascular accident

M Dumican, C Watts - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Background: Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are well
established etiologies of dysphagia. However, differing physiological mechanisms …

A preliminary study of nursing practice patterns concerning dysphagia diet modification: implications for interprofessional education with SLPs

N Gurevich, DR Osmelak, S Osentoski - … of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are trained to evaluate and treat dysphagia.
One treatment method is to modify diet consistency or viscosity to compensate for …

Building a collaborative research community of practice and supporting research engagement in speech-language pathology: identification of stakeholder priorities

A McCurtin, A O'Connor - JBI Evidence Implementation, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Methods: The study was conducted in Ireland and the Irish Association of Speech and
Language Therapists acted as a gatekeeper who forwarded a study information sheet and …

Development of a Situation-Specific Theory for the Transition of Survivors of Stroke With Dysphagia

K Awamura, R Sakashita - Advances in Nursing Science, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The process by which stroke survivors move toward health while facing various difficulties
can be construed as a “transition.” Importantly, nurses need to understand and support this …

Patient suitability for free water protocols in acute stroke and general medicine: a qualitative study of clinician perceptions

J Murray, S Maloney, K Underdown… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The free water protocol (FWP) is an alternate management strategy for patients
with dysphagia, who would otherwise be nil by mouth or prescribed thickened fluids …

Managing ongoing swallow safety through information‐sharing: An ethnography of speech and language therapists and nurses at work on stroke units

R Barnard, J Jones, M Cruice - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Speech and language therapists and nurses need to work together to keep
patients with swallowing difficulties safe throughout their acute stroke admission. Speech …