Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, is a common problem in the elderly. For example, nearly
50% of all patients residing in nursing homes suffer from a swallowing disorder. 1 One study …

Dysphagia impacts on the health and quality of life of individuals and contributes to the cost
of health care. This paper summarises current literature regarding the nature, assessment …

目的探讨洼田饮水试验对急性脑卒中后吞咽障碍患者误吸筛查及吞咽障碍诊断的应用价值.
方法选取2014 年4 月—2015 年11 月在上海市浦东新区公利医院康复医学科住院治疗的急性脑 …

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, and
swallowing difficulties may occur as the disease progresses. Dysphagia has many …

Background Stroke can affect people's ability to swallow, resulting in passage of some food
and drink into the airway. This can cause choking, chest infection, malnutrition and …

The descending motor nerve conduction of voluntary swallowing is mainly launched by
primary motor cortex (M1). M1 can activate and regulate peripheral nerves (hypoglossal) to …

Background: Oropharyngeal dysphagia following stroke enhances the risk of dehydration,
malnutrition, aspiration pneumonia, persistent disablement, and even death. Screening of …

Background Swallowing disorders (dysphagia) is common in stroke patients. However, the
epidemiology of post-stroke dysphagia (PSD) is poorly described. We herein synthesize the …

Background: Dysphagia is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in stroke patients.
Aims: As the first study in literature, we aimed to evaluate the effects of sensory-level …

Dysphagia is a condition that happens when a person cannot smoothly swallow food from
the mouth to the stomach. It causes malnourishment in patients, or can even cause death …