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[Dysphagia] exercises
- Subject: [Dysphagia] exercises
- From: eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)
- Date: Sun Jul 2 06:29:29 2006
Newly published:
Cough and Aspiration of Food and Liquids Due to Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia
ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Carol A. Smith Hammond, PhD and Larry B. Goldstein, MD
(CHEST 2006; 129:154S?168S)
Recommendation
14. For patients with muscular weakness during swallowing, muscle strength training, with or without electromyographic biofeedback, and electrical stimulation treatment of the swallowing musculature are promising techniques but cannot be recommended at this time until further work in larger populations is performed.
Level of evidence, low; benefit, conflicting; grade of evidence, I
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Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
Exclusive Distributor:
www.interactivetherapy.com
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