Profiles of Swallowing Impairment in a Cohort of Patients With Reduced Tongue Strength Within 3 Months of Cerebral Ischemic Stroke

CONCLUSIONS: In this cohort of adults within 3 months of cerebral ischemic stroke, reductions in tongue strength presented alongside a variety of changes in swallowing physiology. There was no straightforward relationship linking reduced tongue strength to particular patterns of impairment on videofluoroscopy.PMID:35731684 | DOI:10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00586

Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - June 22, 2022 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Sana Smaoui Melanie Peladeau-Pigeon Renata Mancopes Danielle Sutton Denyse Richardson Catriona M Steele Source Type: research