[Studies on the use of music therapy as a form of breathing exercise in bronchial asthma]. / Badania nad zastosowaniem czynnej muzykoterapii jako formy cwiczen oddechowych w astmie oskrzelowej.

96 patients suffering was examined. 46 patients over one year was offending kinesytherapy during a special active music therapy techniques was used. It was the form of breathing exercises. 50 patients during the period of one year was under program of traditional breathing kinesytherapy. The authors observed a greater effectiveness of music therapy which decrease bronchial resistances, increases physical self-feeling and reduces anxiety level.

Dysphagia following head and neck cancer surgery.

Surgical resection of head and neck cancer results in predictable patterns of dysphagia and aspiration due to disruption of the anatomic structures of swallowing. Common procedures undertaken in the treatment of head and neck cancer include tracheostomy, glossectomy, mandibulectomy, surgery on the palate, total and partial laryngectomy, reconstruction of the pharynx and cervical esophagus, and surgery of the skull base. An overview is presented of normal swallowing physiology, as well as swallowing perturbations that are frequently encountered in postoperative head and neck cancer patients.