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Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model
Swallowing impairments are a major complication of radiation treatment for oropharyngeal cancers, influencing oral intake and quality of life. The timing and functional consequences of radiation treatment on the swallowing process is not clearly understood. A rodent radiation injury model was used t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9106154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35560040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268457 |
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author | King, Suzanne N. Greenwell, Evan Kaissieh, Nada Devara, Lekha Carter, Zachary Fox, James Blackburn, Megan |
author_facet | King, Suzanne N. Greenwell, Evan Kaissieh, Nada Devara, Lekha Carter, Zachary Fox, James Blackburn, Megan |
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description | Swallowing impairments are a major complication of radiation treatment for oropharyngeal cancers, influencing oral intake and quality of life. The timing and functional consequences of radiation treatment on the swallowing process is not clearly understood. A rodent radiation injury model was used to investigate the onset of oral and pharyngeal dysfunctions in deglutition related to radiation treatment. This study tested the hypothesis that (Wall et al., 2013) alterations in normal biting, licking, and swallowing performance would be measurable following 64Gy of fractionated radiation to the submental muscles; and (Kotz et al., 2004) radiation will affect the animal’s general well-being as measured via burrowing activity. Seven rats received radiation using a clinical linear accelerator given in 8 fractions of 8Gy and another seven animals received sham anesthesia only treatment. Swallowing bolus transit/size was assessed via videofluoroscopy, tongue movement during drinking was measured via an electrical lick sensor, and biting was analyzed from acoustic recordings of a vermicelli pasta test. Burrowing activity was measured by the amount of gravel substrate displaced within a container. Measurements were taken at baseline, during treatment (1–4 weeks), and after completion of treatment (weeks 5 & 6). Decreases in licking frequency and increases in inter-lick interval were observed 5- and 6-weeks post-treatment. Significant decreases in burrowing performance, swallowing frequency, and inter-swallow interval were observed starting the last week of treatment and continuing up to 2-weeks after completion. Results suggest that tongue dysfunction is one of the first treatment related feeding problems to present immediately after the completion of radiation to the submental muscles. |
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spelling | pubmed-91061542022-05-14 Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model King, Suzanne N. Greenwell, Evan Kaissieh, Nada Devara, Lekha Carter, Zachary Fox, James Blackburn, Megan PLoS One Research Article Swallowing impairments are a major complication of radiation treatment for oropharyngeal cancers, influencing oral intake and quality of life. The timing and functional consequences of radiation treatment on the swallowing process is not clearly understood. A rodent radiation injury model was used to investigate the onset of oral and pharyngeal dysfunctions in deglutition related to radiation treatment. This study tested the hypothesis that (Wall et al., 2013) alterations in normal biting, licking, and swallowing performance would be measurable following 64Gy of fractionated radiation to the submental muscles; and (Kotz et al., 2004) radiation will affect the animal’s general well-being as measured via burrowing activity. Seven rats received radiation using a clinical linear accelerator given in 8 fractions of 8Gy and another seven animals received sham anesthesia only treatment. Swallowing bolus transit/size was assessed via videofluoroscopy, tongue movement during drinking was measured via an electrical lick sensor, and biting was analyzed from acoustic recordings of a vermicelli pasta test. Burrowing activity was measured by the amount of gravel substrate displaced within a container. Measurements were taken at baseline, during treatment (1–4 weeks), and after completion of treatment (weeks 5 & 6). Decreases in licking frequency and increases in inter-lick interval were observed 5- and 6-weeks post-treatment. Significant decreases in burrowing performance, swallowing frequency, and inter-swallow interval were observed starting the last week of treatment and continuing up to 2-weeks after completion. Results suggest that tongue dysfunction is one of the first treatment related feeding problems to present immediately after the completion of radiation to the submental muscles. Public Library of Science 2022-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9106154/ /pubmed/35560040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268457 Text en © 2022 King et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article King, Suzanne N. Greenwell, Evan Kaissieh, Nada Devara, Lekha Carter, Zachary Fox, James Blackburn, Megan Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
title | Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
title_full | Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
title_fullStr | Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
title_short | Acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
title_sort | acute effects of radiation treatment to submental muscles on burrowing and swallowing behaviors in a rat model |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9106154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35560040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268457 |
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