Electrophysiologic patterns of oral-pharyngeal swallowing in parkinsonian syndromes.
Neurology
; 68(8): 583-9, 2007 Feb 20.
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| ID: mdl-17310027
OBJECTIVES: To assess the presence, severity, and differences in dysphagia in Parkinson disease (PD), Parkinson variant of multiple system atrophy (MSA-P), and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and to study the pathophysiology of swallowing abnormalities in these disorders. METHODS: We applied an electrophysiologic method to evaluate oral-pharyngeal swallowing. We analyzed the following measures: duration of EMG activity of suprahyoid/submental muscles (SHEMG-D); duration of laryngeal-pharyngeal mechanogram (LPM-D); duration of the inhibition of the cricopharyngeal muscle activity (CPEMG-ID); interval between onset of EMG activity of suprahyoid/submental muscles and onset of laryngeal-pharyngeal mechanogram (I-SHEMG-LPM); and swallowing reaction time (SRT). RESULTS: The prolongation of I-SHEMG-LPM was more typical in PD, whereas the most distinctive finding both in patients with PSP and MSA-P was the reduction or the absence of CPEMG-ID early in the course of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: Involvement of the peduncolo-pontine tegmental nucleus, with subsequent dysfunction of basal ganglia and of the medullary central pattern generator of swallowing, may account for the abnormalities detected in these parkinsonian syndromes. The method described was able to identify swallowing abnormalities also in patients without symptoms of dysphagia and to evaluate dysphagia severity in all patients.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Faringe
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Trastornos de Deglución
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Trastornos Parkinsonianos
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Músculos Laríngeos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurology
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos