Dysphagia is a major complication following an acute stroke that affects the majority of
patients. Clinically, dysphagia after stroke is associated with increased risk of aspiration …

Screening tests and clinical swallow examination should be routinely performed in
neurological patients at risk for dysphagia. In patients testing positive for dysphagia, first-line …

Impaired pharyngo-laryngeal sensory function is a critical mechanism for oropharyngeal
dysphagia (OD). Discovery of the TRP family in sensory nerves opens a window for new …

The sensation of thirstiness is the desire to drink water. In certain situations, the ingestion of
liquid water can be restricted. As a result, thirstiness is not relieved, resulting in an …

Background Dysphagia affects about 40% of patients admitted to acute geriatric wards, as it
is closely associated with diseases that rise in prevalence with advancing age, such as …

Background Human saliva as a bodily fluid—similar to blood—is utilized for diagnostic
purposes. Unlike blood sampling, collecting saliva is non-invasive, inexpensive, and readily …

To investigate the characteristics of respiratory-swallow coordination (RSC) in poststroke
dysphagia (PSD) patients following infratentorial stroke (IS) and further explore their …

Objective To characterize swallowing biomechanics and neurophysiology in older patients
with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). Methods Observational study in 12 young healthy …

Objective To develop a new method of evaluating swallowing behaviour. Methods Sixty-nine
healthy participants were divided into a younger (16 males and 16 females, mean age …

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to the pharyngeal motor cortex has shown
beneficial effects on poststroke dysphagia. Previous studies, however, using intermittent …