Posture-Dependent Dysphagia After Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection at Sternocleidomastoid in a Patient With Athetoid Cerebral Palsy.

We report a unique case of posture-dependent dysphagia due to preactivation of the suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles to compensate for impaired head stabilization by the weakened sternocleidomastoid muscle while swallowing. This case suggests a possible mechanism of dysphagia in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy. PMID: 28604409 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28604409?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physica Medica - June 9, 2017 Category: Physics Authors: Chang WK, Kim K, Seo HG, Leigh JH, Bang MS Tags: Am J Phys Med Rehabil Source Type: research

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