A report on an intervention for older adults who have experienced stroke and have trouble swallowing (dysphagia) found that a ...

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Abstract: Introduction: Aging-related swallowing decline, known as presbyphagia, significantly increases the risk of dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia in older adults. Enhancing cortical activation ...

Dysphagia risk was assessed using the validated Eating Assessment ... Relationship between tongue pressure and functional oral intake scale diet type in patients with neurological and neuromuscular ...

Dysphagia is the primary cause of malnutrition in the acute ... Early EN (EEN) has been shown to reduce mortality and the prevalence of malnutrition while enhancing functional outcomes. In the ...

In order to meet this functional need, the design of the oesophagus is simple ... Disturbance of sphincters and peristalsis causes symptoms of dysphagia and oesophageal pain. The latter may manifest ...

Struggling to swallow could mean you have dysphagia. While the condition is usually caused by certain medications and acid reflux, it can be a sign of cancer, serious lung disease, dementia or a ...

Their findings, published in Nature Human Behavior, show that general anesthesia suppresses each brain's unique functional connectivity patterns (i.e., the connections and communication patterns ...