Risks and predictive factors for pneumonia amongst Parkinson’s disease patients with dysphagia
Objective: To evaluate (1) Time to hospitalisation for pneumonia/choking in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. (2) Demographic and clinical features that associated with pneumonia/choking. Background: Dysphagia…The effects of dysphagia course for speech & language pathologist in Israel on clinical-related knowledge and confidence
Objective: We assessed the accuracy of dysphagia management-related knowledge of SLPs in Israel before and after a 60-hour course on dysphagia. Background: Dysphagia management among…Blunted perception of respiratory resistive loads in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To determine whether differences exist in the perception of respiratory resistive loads between people with PD and age-matched control participants (HOAs). Background: Patients with…Vocal fold augmentation in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A case series and review of the literature
Objective: To describe the successful treatment of vocal fold atrophy in 2 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and to review key gaps in the relevant…Clinical features of Parkinson’s disease patients developing stridor with acute respiratory failure
Objective: To clarify the clinical features of Parkinson's disease patients who developed stridor with acute respiratory failure due to vocal cord paralysis or laryngeal dystonia.…Does VIM deep brain stimulation affect swallowing?
Objective: To identify the impact of DBS on airway protection in patient's post-VIM lead implantation. Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting the ventral intermediate nucleus…Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing findings in patients with Machado-Joseph disease
Objective: To describe the main findings of Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) in patients with MJD. Background: Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is a degenerative process…Swallowing disorders characteristics and the relation to cognitive level, disease duration and disease severity in patients with Huntington’s disease
Objective: To characterize the swallowing disturbances of HD patients and evaluate the relation to cognition, disease duration and severity. Background: Huntington disease (HD) is a…Dysphagia in early stage Huntington’s disease (HD) – Pilot observations from a multimodal imaging study
Objective: To assess the central neural control of swallowing in HD patients with mild dysphagia using a multimodal imaging approach combining qualitative and quantitative swallowing…Evaluating swallowing function in patients with Huntington disease enrolled in the first-HD study
Objective: The Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire (SDQ) was administered to patients with Huntington disease (HD) as part of a randomized, controlled study of deutetrabenazine for the…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.