Resistance Straws and the Effortful Swallow Technique
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Natalia Louisa Shelton (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
- Advisor
- Heather Clark
Abstract: Objective: To assess the effects of TheraSIP™ high resistance straws, a recently developed procedure for enhancing effortful swallow rehabilitation, on the effortful swallow maneuver.
Design: Case-controlled design in which subjects completed three trial swallows under five swallow conditions and two effort conditions.
Setting: A university speech and swallowing physiology laboratory.
Participants: Forty-one healthy men and women between 18 and 59 years of age from the surrounding community.
Interventions: Participants sipped water (from four resistance straws of differing internal diameters)/(under five swallow conditions) and subsequently swallowed using both normally and using the effortful swallow maneuver.
Main Outcome Measures: The biomechanics of the swallows were analyzed from submental electromyographic and simultaneous oral pressure data.
Results: In all effort and swallow conditions, the dry swallow had the highest values for both muscle activity and lingual pressure.
For lingual pressure, a significant main effect of straw condition was observed (p = .009). For muscle activity, a significant main effect of straw condition was observed (p = .004).
Conclusion: The smaller diameter resistance straw did not elicit high muscle activity and lingual pressure in the subsequent normal and effortful swallows.
Resistance Straws and the Effortful Swallow Technique
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Shelton, N.L. (2011). Resistance Straws and the Effortful Swallow Technique. Unpublished master’s thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
- Language: English
- Date: 2011
- Keywords
- Swallowing, Dysphagia, Resistance straws, Electromyography, Manometry