Monitoring of swallowing state during eating adjusted test foods and sleep in healthy elder subjects and patients with dysphagia - Monitoring of swallowing during eating and sleep

We conclude that swallows at inappropriate timing in the respiratory cycle cause breathing-swallowing discoordination, and the prolongation of swallowing latency leads to delayed timing of the swallow, and results in an increase in the SW-I pattern in patients with dysphagia.