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The investigation of asymptomatic swallowing disorder through surface electromyography in the geriatric population

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Abstract

Aim

Swallowing is a vital activity. The difficulty while swallowing, referred to as swallowing disorder, is strongly associated with serious health problems in the elderly. The aim of this study is to enable early recognition of the swallowing function developing as an asymptomatic condition.

Method

Our study was conducted on elderly populations aged 65 years and over who met the exclusion criteria. Firstly, to be able to reach the number of sampling, “EAT-10 questionnaire”, which also has a Turkish validation, was used to eliminate those with symptomatic swallowing disorders. The number of patients we reached was 320, but 7 dropped out of the study and therefore the study was carried out with a total of 313 [reached as 97.8% (up 95% G-power)].

Result

We used validated sEMG test in the quantitative (objective) detection of asymptomatic swallowing disorder. In this method, asymptomatic swallowing disorder was detected in 39 cases (12.4%).

Conclusion

Swallowing disorder without symptoms is frequent and the sEMG test is useful in detecting it in the elderly population.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Izmir Bozyaka Health Research and Application Center, University of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey

    Arif Yüksel

  2. Department of Neurology, Izmir Bozyaka Health Research and Application Center, University of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey

    Can Ahmet Kulan

  3. Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

    Fehmi Akçiçek

  4. SBU Izmir Bozyaka Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Saim Cıkrıkcı Cad., No:59 Karabaglar, Izmir, Turkey

    Arif Yüksel

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Yüksel, A., Kulan, C.A. & Akçiçek, F. The investigation of asymptomatic swallowing disorder through surface electromyography in the geriatric population. Aging Clin Exp Res 32, 1567–1576 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01349-6

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