The extrinsic and autonomic nervous system intricately controls the major functions of the
gastrointestinal tract through the enteric nervous system; these include motor, secretory …

Background Selection of appropriate trial endpoints and outcome measures is particularly
important in rare disease and rapidly progressing disease such as amyotrophic lateral …

Background Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) is a validated method
to grade the severity of pharyngeal swallowing impairment as a toxicity of cancer based on …

Abstract Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is one of two diagnostic gold
standards for pharyngeal dysphagia in Parkinson's disease (PD), however, validated global …

Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a heterogeneous progressive inflammatory
muscle disease impacting skeletal muscles in the head, neck, and limbs. Use of valid …

Abstract Purpose of Review Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) is of great concern to patients
with ALS as its complications can increase mortality and reduce the quality of life. This …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease. As a result of the rapid
progression and severity of the disease, people with ALS experience loss of functionality …

Abstract The Swallow Disturbance Questionnaire (SDQ) is a screening tool developed to
identify patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in need of objective swallowing evaluation …

Objective Dysphagia is a common and serious clinical symptom of amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS). The study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of four dysphagia …

This network meta-analysis (NMA) aimed to compare the efficacy of five non-
pharmacological interventions, including exercise intervention (EI), nutritional intervention …