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Published in: The journal of nutrition, health & aging 11/2023

22-11-2023 | Dysphagia | Reply to the Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Eating assessment tool (EAT-10) Has Been Validated as a Screening Tool for Dysphagia, Not for Oropharingeal Dysphagia

Author: W.G. Robles-Rodriguez

Published in: The journal of nutrition, health & aging | Issue 11/2023

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In fact, you are right in several of the comments you extracted from the article published by Belafsky in 2008. However, we believe, as explained in our article, that the experience and results with EAT-10 provided by many clinical research teams from all around the world during the last 15 years, and summarized in our article, fully supports its use as a screening tool for oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). …
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Title
Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Eating assessment tool (EAT-10) Has Been Validated as a Screening Tool for Dysphagia, Not for Oropharingeal Dysphagia
Author
W.G. Robles-Rodriguez
Publication date
22-11-2023
Publisher
Springer Paris
Published in
The journal of nutrition, health & aging / Issue 11/2023
Print ISSN: 1279-7707
Electronic ISSN: 1760-4788
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-023-2032-8

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