Swallowing in Parkinson’s disease: How is it affected?

Ebru Umay; Erhan Arif Ozturk; Eda Gurcay; Oğuz Delibaş; Feyza Celikel

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.12.015

doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.12.015

Swallowing in Parkinson’s disease: How is it affected?

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Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery1.90

Volume: 177, Pages: 37 - 41

Published: Feb 1, 2019

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the swallowing in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) using comprehensive and multimodal methods. The present study was conducted on 120 patients and 60 controls between January 2017 and January 2018. All participants’ demographic data were recorded, and the swallowing of the subjects was evaluated by using several methods, including clinic, electrophysiologic, endoscopic and ultrasonographic procedure....