Effects of the head lift exercise on the swallow function: A systematic review

Gerodontology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-257

  Antunes, Eva Bolle ^a   Lunet, Nuno ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

deglutition disorders; exercise therapy; oesophageal sphincter; upper

Indexed keywords

AGING; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LARYNX; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAD; HUMANS; LARYNX;

EID: 84869506430     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2012.00638.x     Document Type: Review

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