Article

Objective numerical data on swallowing function are needed to aid in eating and
swallowing intervention and preventive rehabilitation. Using noninvasive methods,
the influences of age and differences in size of water bolus on laryngeal
activity and respiratory activity were examined in healthy young and older women.
Swallowing function was influenced by age and bolus size. Influence of bolus size
was recognized only in duration of laryngeal movement in younger women, with no
apparent influence in older women. Results for older women were thought to be
related to declines in swallowing function with the physiological aging of
respiratory and swallowing muscles. In the future, noninvasive methods need to be
developed for evaluating function and therapeutic effects against swallowing
function impairment and to provide objective numerical data for health insurers.

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