Measuring change in inclusion body myositis: clinical assessments versus imaging.

LN Alfano, KL Focht Garand… - Clinical and …, 2022 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is a heterogeneous progressive inflammatory
muscle disease impacting skeletal muscles in the head, neck, and limbs. Use of valid …

Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing: A proposed checklist

RJ Burdick, J Dallal-York… - American Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is not only a well-recognized
and ubiquitous tool in dysphagia research but also possesses features that make the …

Refining measurement of swallowing safety in the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) criteria: validation of DIGEST version 2

KA Hutcheson, CEA Barbon, CP Alvarez… - Cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Expert consensus statement: Management of dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients

MA Kuhn, MB Gillespie, SL Ishman… - … –Head and Neck …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop an expert consensus statement (ECS) on the management of
dysphagia in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients to address controversies and offer …

Preventing radiation‐induced dysphagia and trismus in head and neck cancer—A randomized controlled trial

K Petersson, C Finizia, N Pauli, L Tuomi - Head & Neck, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Background Radiation‐induced dysphagia and restricted mouth opening are common
problems among patients with head and neck cancer. The aim of the present randomized …

Validation of the DIGEST-FEES as a global outcome measure for pharyngeal dysphagia in Parkinson's disease

B Labeit, S Lapa, P Muhle, S Suntrup-Krueger, I Claus… - Dysphagia, 2024 - Springer
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 …

Implementing flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallow screening within annual cancer surveillance appointments to monitor for late‐stage radiation‐induced …

EJ Stradling, MK Barnhart, RA Robinson… - Head & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Late‐stage progressive decline of swallowing function after radiotherapy for
head and neck cancer (HNC) is often difficult to monitor. This study examined the feasibility …

Neural landscape is associated with functional outcomes in irradiated patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

S Islam, FO Gleber-Netto, CF Mulcahy… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
The incidence of human papilloma virus–mediated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
(OPSCC) has increased over the past 40 years, particularly among young individuals with a …

Intra and interobserver agreement of the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity Scale (DIGEST) in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): the …

SR Simon, MWM Wieland, C Hendriks, W Pilz… - European Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) is a scale to
quantify the severity of pharyngeal dysphagia in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. This …

Reliability and confidence of dynamic imaging grade of swallowing toxicity (digest) rating among research and clinical speech pathologists before and after …

CEA Barbon, CL Warneke, B Ledger, N Rogus-Pulia… - Dysphagia, 2024 - Springer
DIGEST is a validated, open-source method to grade the severity of pharyngeal dysphagia
from the modified barium swallow (MBS) study. Dissemination and implementation of …