Assessment of Dysphagia
There are several screening tools available to use to assist in the decision to assess via instrumental examination. The use of Peak Flow, The Yale Swallow Protocol, The Toronto Bedside…
There are several screening tools available to use to assist in the decision to assess via instrumental examination. The use of Peak Flow, The Yale Swallow Protocol, The Toronto Bedside…
Why Should Clinicians Care? The patient’s medication is often overlooked as a source of a problem contributing to the patient’s symptoms of dysphagia. This type of dysphagia, one of the…
Why Should Clinicians Care? When treating patients with dysphagia, it is important to evaluate the whole patient. The patient, the family, and the medical team consult the speech-language pathologist for…
Why Should Clinicians Care? • Understanding the basic neurophysiology of the swallow mechanism will help clinicians identify the underlying pathophysiology and the level at which the swallowing system is not…
Muscles of the Swallow, Action, Innervation, and Clinical Relevance Muscles of the lips and face are a complex orientation of fibers that act in a synergistic action to generate precise…