Muscle Tension Dysphagia: Contributing Factors and Treatment Efficacy.

CONCLUSION: The study results suggest an association between laryngeal muscle tension and these patients' dysphagia symptoms regardless of associated conditions. Speech-language pathology intervention showed high treatment efficacy.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2c- Outcomes research.
PMID: 33090008 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology - October 22, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Kang CH, Zhang N, Lott DG Tags: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Source Type: research