TY - JOUR
T1 - Variations in Healthy Swallowing Mechanics During Various Bolus Conditions Using Computational Analysis of Swallowing Mechanics (CASM)
AU - Lenell, Charles
AU - Brates, Danielle
AU - Pearson, William G.
AU - Molfenter, Sonja
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Mehak Noorani and Erica Herzberg for assistance with data analysis and Dr. Catriona Steele for permission to use the dataset described in this manuscript which was collected during Dr. Sonja Molfenter’s PhD Studies at the University of Toronto under Dr. Steele’s mentorship.
Funding Information:
Funding National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R21DC015067-01 (Molfenter PI).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Bolus properties such as volume, consistency, and density have been shown to influence swallowing through the analysis of kinematics and timing in both normal and disordered swallowing. However, inherent intra- and inter-person variability of swallowing cloud interpretation of group data. Computational analysis of swallow mechanics (CASM) is an established methodology that uses coordinate tracking to map structural movements during swallowing and yields statistically powerful analyses at both the group and individual levels. In this study, the CASM method was used to determine how different bolus properties (volume, consistency, and density) altered swallow mechanics in healthy young adults at the group and individual levels. Videofluoroscopic swallow studies of 10 (4 females) healthy young adults were analyzed using CASM. Five bolus types were administered in each study (3 × 5 ml 40% w/v nectar, 3 × 5 ml 22% w/v thin, 3 × 5 ml 40% w/v thin, 3 × 10 ml 22% w/v thin, and 3 × 20 ml 22% w/v thin). Canonical variate analyses demonstrated that bolus condition did not affect swallowing mechanics at the group level, but bolus condition did affect pharyngeal swallow mechanics at the individual level. Functional swallow adaptations (e.g., hyoid movement) to bolus conditions were not uniform across participants, consistent with the nonsignificant group finding. These results suggest that individual swallowing systems of healthy young individuals vary in how they respond to bolus different conditions, highlighting the intrinsic variability of the swallow mechanism and the importance of individually tailored evaluation and treatment of swallowing. Findings warrant further investigation with different bolus conditions and aging and disordered populations.
AB - Bolus properties such as volume, consistency, and density have been shown to influence swallowing through the analysis of kinematics and timing in both normal and disordered swallowing. However, inherent intra- and inter-person variability of swallowing cloud interpretation of group data. Computational analysis of swallow mechanics (CASM) is an established methodology that uses coordinate tracking to map structural movements during swallowing and yields statistically powerful analyses at both the group and individual levels. In this study, the CASM method was used to determine how different bolus properties (volume, consistency, and density) altered swallow mechanics in healthy young adults at the group and individual levels. Videofluoroscopic swallow studies of 10 (4 females) healthy young adults were analyzed using CASM. Five bolus types were administered in each study (3 × 5 ml 40% w/v nectar, 3 × 5 ml 22% w/v thin, 3 × 5 ml 40% w/v thin, 3 × 10 ml 22% w/v thin, and 3 × 20 ml 22% w/v thin). Canonical variate analyses demonstrated that bolus condition did not affect swallowing mechanics at the group level, but bolus condition did affect pharyngeal swallow mechanics at the individual level. Functional swallow adaptations (e.g., hyoid movement) to bolus conditions were not uniform across participants, consistent with the nonsignificant group finding. These results suggest that individual swallowing systems of healthy young individuals vary in how they respond to bolus different conditions, highlighting the intrinsic variability of the swallow mechanism and the importance of individually tailored evaluation and treatment of swallowing. Findings warrant further investigation with different bolus conditions and aging and disordered populations.
KW - Bolus properties
KW - Consistency
KW - Density
KW - Dysphagia
KW - Swallowing
KW - Volume
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U2 - 10.1007/s00455-019-10026-9
DO - 10.1007/s00455-019-10026-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067044043
SN - 0179-051X
VL - 35
SP - 272
EP - 280
JO - Dysphagia
JF - Dysphagia
IS - 2
ER -