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Effects of pharyngeal electrical stimulation on swallowing performance

Pharyngeal electrical stimulation (PEStim) has been found to facilitate voluntary swallowing. This study investigated how PEStim contributed to modulation of swallowing function in 15 healthy humans. In the involuntary swallowing test, water was injected onto the pharynx at 0.05 ml/s and the onset l...

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Autores principales: Takeishi, Ryosuke, Magara, Jin, Watanabe, Masahiro, Tsujimura, Takanori, Hayashi, Hirokazu, Hori, Kazuhiro, Inoue, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29293640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190608