Swallow Characteristics in Patients With Oculopharyngeal Muscular ...

Swallow characteristics in patients with oculopharyngeal muscular ...

This investigation provides further insight into the swallow function of patients with myopathic disease. Muscle fiber loss leads to weakness, which results ...

Results. Participants with OPMD were weaker than controls. Oral weakness impacted strength, swallow pressure, swallow capacity, swallow volume, swallow time, ...

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Intraoral pressure, swallow pressure, and endurance were measured using an Iowa Oral Performance Instrument in participants with OPMD and matched controls.

Swallowing Characteristics Pre and Post Exercise in a Patient with

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare genetic condition which ... OPMD is a rare genetic muscular disorder that can affect swallowing capabilities, ...

Swallowing, Chewing and Speaking: Frequently Impaired in ... - NCBI

Next to pharyngeal dysphagia, chewing and speaking are also frequently affected in OPMD patients, even in asymptomatic carriers. Residue after ...

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BACKGROUND Although facial muscle weakness is common in patients with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), the literature is scarce on the speech and ...

Swallow Characteristics in Patients With Oculopharyngeal Muscular ...

Abstract: This investigation provides further insight into the swallow function of patients with myopathic disease. Muscle fiber loss leads to weakness, which ...

Swallow characteristics in patients with oculopharyngeal muscular ...

Swallow characteristics in patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Palmer PM, Neel AT, Sprouls G, Morrison L. Academic Article uri icon.

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: Symptoms and more

difficulties swallowing, known as dysphagia; weakness in the shoulder and hip muscles; reduced eye movements. People might eventually need a ...

(PDF) Clinical Note: Effortful Swallow in Oculopharyngeal Muscular ...

For example, in individuals with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, the addition of an effortful swallow had an immediate positive impact on ...

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) - Cedars-Sinai

What are the symptoms of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy? ... OPMD usually first affects people in their 40s and 50s. The condition generally affects the ...

Frequently Impaired in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

Next to pharyngeal dysphagia, chewing and speaking are also frequently affected in OPMD patients, even in asymptomatic carriers. Residue after swallowing is a ...

Swallow Characteristics in Patients With Oculopharyngeal Muscular ...

Purpose This prospective investigation evaluates oral weakness and its impact on swallow function, weight, and quality of life in patients with ...

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy: MedlinePlus Genetics

Along with ptosis, affected individuals develop weakness of the throat muscles that causes difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). Dysphagia begins ...

Dysphagia with fatal choking in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

The study involved 22 OPMD patients and 124 video fluoroscopic swallowing evaluation clips, and it was determined that 86.3% of the swallows were characterized ...

ABSTRACT Introduction The Swallowing Quality of Life instrument (SWAL-QOL) is a patient-reported outcome measure of swallowing-related ...

Dysphagia in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy: A Rapid ...

Dysphagia is a common symptom of the rare genetic disease oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). There are, however, limited resources and ...

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy: Causes, Symptoms ...

You may need to use an assistive device such as a cane or a walker, as weakness worsens in your proximal muscles. About 1 in 10 people with OPMD ...

Oropharyngeal dysphagia profiles in individuals with ...

Although dysphagia is common in individuals with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD), few studies have studied swallowing efficiency ...

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

Affected individuals may develop drooping of the eyelids (ptosis), trouble moving their eyes (ophthalmoplegia) and/or difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). Double ...