Crary M A
Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville 32610-0174.
Dysphagia. 1995 Winter;10(1):6-18. doi: 10.1007/BF00261273.
Little objective documentation is available regarding the efficacy of therapies for oropharyngeal dysphagia. Information specifying efficacy of treatment for chronic dysphagic conditions is almost nonexistent. This report describes a direct therapy program for chronic neurogenic dysphagia resulting from brainstem stroke, and provides information on immediate and long-term clinical outcome. Changes in swallowing physiology reflect goals of therapy. Long-term follow-up shows that functional benefits are long lasting without related health complications.
