Normal Breathing and Swallowing in Healthy Volunteers
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 100 |
| Updated: | 1/16/2019 |
| Start Date: | May 23, 2017 |
| End Date: | July 1, 2020 |
| Contact: | Lauren Tabor, MS CCCSLP |
| Email: | ltabor@ufl.edu |
| Phone: | 3522738632 |
Establishing Normal Swallowing and Breathing Profiles in Healthy Adults Across the Age Span
The purpose of this study is to establish normative values for clinical testing measures of
swallow, respiratory and cough functions. This will aide in establishing degree of impairment
in disordered populations, and in identifying efficacious treatment paradigms for dysphagia.
swallow, respiratory and cough functions. This will aide in establishing degree of impairment
in disordered populations, and in identifying efficacious treatment paradigms for dysphagia.
The prevalence of dysphagia may be as high as 22% in individuals over 50 years of age. There
are few therapeutic options and minimal management strategies offered to treat these
individuals and improve sequelae of dysphagia. Dysphagia contributes to malnutrition,
aspiration, pneumonia, reduced quality of life and increased mortality in neurodegenerative
disease such as ALS. One reason for this is the lack of normative data across various
measures of swallowing and respiratory function. As a result, detecting early impairments in
swallowing physiology is difficult, given the variability of swallowing and unknown normative
value range of swallowing physiology. Therefore, the goal of this study is to complete
clinical tests of swallowing and cough function in healthy volunteers to establish normative
data. This will contribute to future study in disordered populations, to determine degree and
severity of impairment and efficacious treatment and management strategies based on
impairment.
The purpose of this study is to establish normative values for clinical testing measures of
swallow, respiratory and cough functions. This will aide in establishing degree of impairment
in disordered populations, and in identifying efficacious treatment paradigms for dysphagia.
are few therapeutic options and minimal management strategies offered to treat these
individuals and improve sequelae of dysphagia. Dysphagia contributes to malnutrition,
aspiration, pneumonia, reduced quality of life and increased mortality in neurodegenerative
disease such as ALS. One reason for this is the lack of normative data across various
measures of swallowing and respiratory function. As a result, detecting early impairments in
swallowing physiology is difficult, given the variability of swallowing and unknown normative
value range of swallowing physiology. Therefore, the goal of this study is to complete
clinical tests of swallowing and cough function in healthy volunteers to establish normative
data. This will contribute to future study in disordered populations, to determine degree and
severity of impairment and efficacious treatment and management strategies based on
impairment.
The purpose of this study is to establish normative values for clinical testing measures of
swallow, respiratory and cough functions. This will aide in establishing degree of impairment
in disordered populations, and in identifying efficacious treatment paradigms for dysphagia.
Inclusion Criteria:
- A total of 120 individuals will be included in this study.
- Subjects will include both male and females who are aged between 18-100
- Healthy and with no major medical conditions.
- No specific gender or race will be excluded or targeted for participation in this
study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Adults who are pregnant
- Those with major medical conditions (i.e., swallowing impairment, brain injury) will
be excluded from this study.
- Anyone with allergy to barium will be excluded from this study.
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