Clinical measurement of swallowing in health and in neurogenic dysphagia |
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Authors: | Hughes TA; Wiles CM |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine Neurology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK. |
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Abstract: | We studied clinical features potentially related to dysphagia and three
indices from a timed test of swallowing--average volume per swallow (ml),
average time (s) per swallow and swallowing capacity (ml/s)--in 181
screened healthy adults and 30 patients with motor neurone disease (MND).
In healthy adults, age, sex and height accounted for 44.3% and 55.6% of the
variance of log average volume per swallow and log swallowing capacity,
respectively. Symptoms and signs were more prevalent in the MND group and
were associated with reduced swallowing capacity and reduced average volume
per swallow; repeatability studies on these two indices in both groups
showed that the median difference between the mean of two recordings on
successive days and the mean of all recordings (6-15 over 3 days) was <
5% (maximum third quartile 12.8%, indices expressed as percent predicted
according to age and sex). Using this simple bedside test, swallowing
function can be quantified on a ratio scale and expressed as percent of
that predicted by age and sex; such information may improve the predictive
value of clinical assessment and provides a practical way of monitoring
change in patients with dysphagia.
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