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Evaluation of manometric measures during tongue-hold swallows.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18845700     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: Based on visual inspection, prior research documented increased movement of the posterior pharyngeal wall in healthy volunteers during tongue-hold swallows. This manometric study investigated the immediate effects of the tongue-hold maneuver on pharyngeal peak pressure generation, duration of pressure generation, and pressure slope measurements in healthy volunteers.
METHOD: Pharyngeal pressures from 40 young, healthy individuals (mean age = 25.8 years, gender equally distributed) were recorded at 3 locations: oropharynx, hypopharynx, and upper esophageal sphincter (UES), during normal control and tongue-hold swallows. Measures of peak amplitude, duration, and slope of pressure generation were subjected to statistical analysis.
RESULTS: Tongue-hold swallows produced lower pharyngeal peak pressure and shorter pharyngeal pressure durations compared to control swallows. Further, tongue-hold swallows produced lower UES relaxation pressures. Between sensors, peak pressure was lower and pressure slopes were steeper in the hypopharynx compared to the oropharynx. Several gender-specific differences were found for pharyngeal peak pressure, pressure duration, and pressure slopes.
CONCLUSIONS: Reduced amplitude and duration of pharyngeal peak pressure is likely a result of decreased base of tongue retraction during tongue-hold swallows. Central clinical considerations and future research directions are discussed in this article.
Authors:
Sebastian H Doeltgen; Ulrike Witte; Freya Gumbley; Maggie-Lee Huckabee
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-10-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of speech-language pathology / American Speech-Language-Hearing Association     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1058-0360     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Speech Lang Pathol     Publication Date:  2009 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-01-30     Completed Date:  2009-03-12     Revised Date:  2011-09-07    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9114726     Medline TA:  Am J Speech Lang Pathol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  65-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. shd14@student.canterbury.ac.nz
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Deglutition / physiology*
Esophageal Sphincter, Upper / physiology
Female
Humans
Hypopharynx / physiology
Male
Manometry
Middle Aged
Oropharynx / physiology
Pressure
Sex Characteristics
Tongue*
Young Adult
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2011 May;20(2):124-30   [PMID:  21386045 ]

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