Assessment of swallowing by oropharyngoesophageal scintigraphy in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

B Fattori, M Grosso, P Bongioanni, A Nacci… - Dysphagia, 2006 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common degenerative motor neuron disease
in adults, and dysphagia is one of its most frequent and disabling symptoms …

Earliest videofluoromanometric pharyngeal signs of dysphagia in ALS patients

A Solazzo, L Monaco, LD Vecchio, A Reginelli… - Dysphagia, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this study was to find whether there are manometric pharyngeal changes that
may have diagnostic and prognostic relevance in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Oropharyngeal dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: neurological and dysphagia specific rating scales

D Kidney, M Alexander, B Corr, O O'toole… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
BACKGROUND: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is highly prevalent in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS). Patients with dysphagia and weight loss are frequently offered gastrostomy …

Evaluation of dysphagia at the initial diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Murono, T Hamaguchi, H Yoshida, Y Nakanishi… - Auris Nasus …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Dysphagia eventually occurs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Swallowing in
patients with ALS at their initial diagnosis was evaluated using videofluoroscopy (VF) …

Manofluorographic evaluation of swallowing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and its relationship with clinical evaluation of swallowing

A Goeleven, W Robberecht, B Sonies… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this cross‐sectional study was, first, to identify swallowing dysfunctions in an ALS
population of 40 consecutive patients through combined videofluoroscopy and manometry …

Dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: relationships between disease progression and fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing

B Fattori, G Siciliano, V Mancini, L Bastiani… - Auris Nasus …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the disease severity of
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and the following parameters of Fiberoptic Endoscopic …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic utility of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Functional Rating Scale—Revised to detect pharyngeal dysphagia in individuals with amyotrophic lateral …

JL Chapin, LT Gray, T Vasilopoulos, A Anderson… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective The ALS Functional Rating Scale–Revised (ALSFRS-R) is the most commonly
utilized instrument to index bulbar function in both clinical and research settings. We …

Structural and functional changes mapped in the brains of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with/without dysphagia: a pilot study

S Li, Q Chen, B Yu, K Xue, C Luo, Y Xu… - Amyotrophic Lateral …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to explore cerebral structural and functional changes in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients with or without dysphagia compared with …

Dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: prevalence and clinical findings

G Ruoppolo, I Schettino, V Frasca… - Acta Neurologica …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To characterize swallowing deficits in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS);
investigate the delay in dysphagia onset; estimate correlations between dysphagia severity …

Videomanofluorometric study in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

R Higo, N Tayama, T Watanabe, T Nitou - The Laryngoscope, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To elucidate the time‐course changes of swallowing function in amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) by videomanofluorometry. Study Design Videomanofluorometry was …