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Rebecca J. Leonard
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 84
Citations - 3957
Rebecca J. Leonard is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Swallowing & Dysphagia. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 81 publications receiving 3357 citations. Previous affiliations of Rebecca J. Leonard include University of California, Berkeley & Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Validity and reliability of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10).
Peter C. Belafsky,Debbie A. Mouadeb,Catherine J. Rees,Jan C. Pryor,Gregory N. Postma,Jacqueline Allen,Rebecca J. Leonard +6 more
TL;DR: The normative data suggest that an EAT-10 score of 3 or higher is abnormal and the instrument may be utilized to document the initial dysphagia severity and monitor the treatment response in persons with a wide array of swallowing disorders.
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Timing of events in normal swallowing: a videofluoroscopic study.
Katherine A. Kendall,Sue McKenzie,Rebecca J. Leonard,Maria Inês Rebelo Gonçalves,Alice Walker +4 more
TL;DR: Dynamic videofluoroscopic swallow studies were performed on 60 normal adult volunteers to establish normative data for clinically useful timing measures, which represent events required for normal deglutition and can be used to identify abnormalities in dysphagic patients.
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Structural Displacements in Normal Swallowing: A Videofluoroscopic Study
Rebecca J. Leonard,Katherine A. Kendall,Sue McKenzie,Maria Inês Rebelo Gonçalves,Alice Walker +4 more
TL;DR: Dynamic videofluoroscopic swallow studies were performed on 60 normal adult volunteers to establish normative data for displacement of upper aerodigestive tract structures during deglutition, and showed direct relationships between bolus size and hyoid displacement, between bolUS size and PES opening, and between bolu size and pharyngeal constriction.
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Transcutaneous electrical stimulation versus traditional dysphagia therapy: a nonconcurrent cohort study.
TL;DR: The results of this nonconcurrent cohort study suggest that dysphagia therapy with transcutaneous electrical stimulation is superior to traditional dysphagian therapy alone in individuals in a long-term acute care facility.
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Hyoid movement during swallowing in older patients with dysphagia.
TL;DR: An increased extent of hyoids displacement in older patients with dysphagia may represent a necessary compensation designed to minimize the effect of the short duration of hyoid elevation on the upper esophageal sphincter opening.