The effect of surface electrical stimulation on vocal fold position

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Humbert, Ianessa A ^a   Poletto, Christopher J ^b   Saxon, Keith G ^c   Kearney, Pamela R ^d   Ludlow, Christy L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e Bldg 10 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Dysphagia; Swallowing; Therapy; True vocal fold paralysis

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 37549059943     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318155a47d     Document Type: Article

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