Proactive dysphagia management of patients with neurodegenerative diseases: Early identification and intervention
Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences
; 84(4-A):No Pagination Specified, 2023.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Patients with neurodegenerative diseases (ND) frequently experience concomitant impairments in pulmonary, cough, and swallow function. These impairments can lead to accelerated morbidity and mortality due to adverse events (e.g. aspiration pneumonia, respiratory failure, malnutrition/dehydration). Historically, exercise-based interventions have been avoided in patients with ND due to fear that they may lead to faster disease progression and increased fatigue, yet, emerging evidence has revealed moderate exercise training in patients with ND may prolong function, life, and quality of life. This has led to the proposal of a paradigm shift from reactive to proactive management of these patients. Therefore, there is high demand for noninvasive, portable methods for continuously monitoring pulmonary and swallow function in patients with ND to proactively implement palliative interventions and mitigate adverse events. Yet, few exist. Gold standard assessments (e.g. spirometry, videofluoroscopy) require in-person clinic visits, which can be challenging for patients with ND to attend due to physical mobility impairments, transportation issues, multifactorial health problems, and compromised immune systems (e.g. COVID-19 pandemic). Therefore, this dissertation examined 1) The safety, tolerability, and impact of exercise-based interventions on function and quality of life in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS);and 2) The ability of a novel, non-invasive, sensor-based technology (high-resolution cervical auscultation [HRCA]) to characterize swallow function in patients with ND. To examine Aim 1, the first experiment examined the impact of respiratory interventions on pulmonary, cough, and surrogates of swallow function in PALS and the second experiment investigated the impact of exercise-based interventions on function and quality of life in PALS via a systematic review. To investigate Aim 2, the third experiment explored HRCA's ability to differentiate between swallows from patients with ND and healthy age-matched adults and the fourth experiment compared temporal and spatial swallow kinematic measures between patients with ND and healthy adults and investigated HRCA's ability to annotate specific swallow kinematic events in patients with ND. Findings revealed 1) Exercise-based interventions are well-tolerated and may be beneficial for PALS with mild-moderate disease severity, and 2) HRCA has high potential as a noninvasive, accurate method for characterizing swallow function in patients with ND. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
neurodegenerative diseases; dysphagia management; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, *Disease Management, *Dysphagia, *Intervention, *Neurodegenerative Diseases, *Swallowing, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Developmental Psychology [2800], Physiological Psychology & Neuroscience [2500], Human Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
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Experimental Studies
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English
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Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences
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2023
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