Reduced Tongue Pressure Against the Hard Palate on the Paralyzed Side During Swallowing Predicts Dysphagia in Patients With Acute Stroke | Zendy

Nobuko Hirota | Zendy; Kuni Konaka | Zendy; Takahiro Ono | Zendy; Kenichi Tamine | Zendy; Jugo Kondo | Zendy; Kazuhiro Hori | Zendy; Yoko Yoshimuta | Zendy; Yoshinobu Maeda | Zendy; Saburo Sakoda | Zendy; Hiroaki Naritomi | Zendy

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Reduced Tongue Pressure Against the Hard Palate on the Paralyzed Side During Swallowing Predicts Dysphagia in Patients With Acute Stroke

Author(s) -

Nobuko Hirota,

Kuni Konaka,

Takahiro Ono,

Kenichi Tamine,

Jugo Kondo,

Kazuhiro Hori,

Yoko Yoshimuta,

Yoshinobu Maeda,

Saburo Sakoda,

Hiroaki Naritomi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.594960

Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , swallowing , tongue , stroke (engine) , acute stroke , aspiration pneumonia , anesthesia , pneumonia , surgery , mechanical engineering , pathology , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering

Dysphagia is important for prognosis in patients with stroke because this condition can cause aspiration pneumonia or nutritional deficits. The present study investigated the relationship between tongue motor deficits and dysphagia in patients with acute stroke.

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