Table 2: Videofluoroscopy findings of swallowing.
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Aspects evaluated |
Oral Phase |
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Before |
After |
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P1 |
P2 |
P3 |
P4 |
P5 |
P1 |
P2 |
P3 |
P4 |
P5 |
|
Oral preparation, organization and ejection
force |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
Adequate |
Reduced to pasty and solid |
Adequate |
Reduced in all consistencies tested |
|
Posterior escape to
valleculae / consistency |
Slightly and moderately
thickened liquid |
Pasty and solid |
Pasty and solid |
Moderately thick liquid, pasty and solid |
Pasty and solid |
Slightly and moderately
thickened liquid |
Pasty and solid |
Pasty and solid |
Pasty and solid |
Pasty and solid |
|
Escape to piriform
recesses/consistency |
Slightly and moderately thickened liquid |
Liquid and thickened liquid |
Liquid and thickened liquid |
Liquid and thickened liquid |
Liquid and thickened liquid |
Slightly and moderately
thickened liquid |
Liquid |
Liquid |
Liquid |
Liquid and thickened liquid |
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Fase FarÃngea |
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Before |
After |
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Hyolaryngeal elevation and
anteriorization |
Reduced |
Reduced |
Reduced |
Adequate |
Adequate |
Reduced |
Reduced |
Reduced |
Adequate |
Adequate |
|
Food stasis in valleculae |
Present/ abundant |
Present/ abundant |
Present/ abundant |
Present |
Present/ abundant |
Present |
Present/discrete |
Absent |
Present |
Present |
|
Whitening |
Inefficient |
Partially |
Partially |
Efficient |
Partially |
Inefficient |
Efficient |
Efficient |
Efficient |
Efficient |
|
Laryngeal Penetration |
Slightly and moderately thickened |
Present for thin liquid |
Present for thin liquid |
Pasty and slightly thickened liquid |
Present for thin liquid |
Present |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Ausente |
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Laryngotracheal aspiration |
Slightly and moderately thickened |
Absent |
Absent |
Present/ Silent |
Absent |
Present |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
Absent |
P: Subject; Before:
Before therapy protocol; After: After therapy protocol.