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Published in: Dysphagia 1/2017

Open Access 01-02-2017 | Editorial

Recognizing the Importance of Dysphagia: Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones in the Twenty-First Century

Authors: Rainer Dziewas, Anne Marie Beck, Pere Clave, Shaheen Hamdy, Hans Jürgen Heppner, Susan E. Langmore, Andreas Leischker, Rosemary Martino, Petra Pluschinski, Andreas Roesler, Reza Shaker, Tobias Warnecke, Cornel Christian Sieber, Dorothee Volkert, Rainer Wirth

Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 1/2017

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The oropharyngeal swallow involves a rapid, highly coordinated set of neuromuscular actions beginning with lip closure and terminating with opening of the upper esophageal sphincter. The central coordination of this complex sensorimotor task uses a widespread network of cortical, subcortical, and brainstem structures. Many diseases and disorders affecting the central swallowing network or downstream peripheral nerves, muscles, and structures may result in an impaired oropharyngeal swallow. In addition, aging is also associated with multifactorial changes of swallowing physiology for which the term presbyphagia has been coined. Oropharyngeal dysphagia broadly affects respiratory safety due to the increased risk of aspiration, and swallowing efficacy leading to the impeding danger of insufficient nutrition and hydration. …
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Metadata
Title
Recognizing the Importance of Dysphagia: Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones in the Twenty-First Century
Authors
Rainer Dziewas
Anne Marie Beck
Pere Clave
Shaheen Hamdy
Hans Jürgen Heppner
Susan E. Langmore
Andreas Leischker
Rosemary Martino
Petra Pluschinski
Andreas Roesler
Reza Shaker
Tobias Warnecke
Cornel Christian Sieber
Dorothee Volkert
Rainer Wirth
Publication date
01-02-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Dysphagia / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-016-9746-2

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