Background: Millions of patients are discharged from intensive care units annually. These
intensive care survivors and their families frequently report a wide range of impairments in …

Eating and swallowing are complex behaviors involving volitional and reflexive activities of
more than 30 nerves and muscles. They have two crucial biologic features: food passage …

The position of the tongue relative to the upper and lower jaws is regulated in part by the
position of the hyoid bone, which, with the anterior and posterior suprahyoid muscles, controls …

Needham DM, Korupolu R, Zanni JM, Pradhan P, Colantuoni E, Palmer JB, Brower RG, Fan
E. Early physical medicine and rehabilitation for patients with acute respiratory failure: a …

The coordination of mastication, oral transport, and swallowing was examined during intake
of solids and liquids in four normal subjects. Videofluorography (VFG) and …

… VFG recording technique is given in Palmer et al. [8] and is expanded in Palmer et al. [9]. …
been fully described, although it has been reported by Palmer et al. [8]. This finding raises …

Swallowing may be impaired because of a variety of structural or functional disorders, such
as stroke, cancer, neurologic disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The physical …

The videofluorographic swallowing study (VFSS) is the definitive test to identify aspiration
and other abnormalities of swallowing. When a VFSS is not feasible, nonvideofluorographic (…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the frequency, physiologic effects, safety,
and patient outcomes associated with traditional rehabilitation therapy in patients who require …

Postnatal descent of the hyoid and larynx relative to the palate and mandible, which occurs
uniquely in humans, is an anatomical prerequisite for quantal speech. This study tested the …