Pharyngeal wall differences between normal younger and older adults.
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...The pharyngeal wall thickness data from the sagittal MRI slices replicate previous work [18] from (lateral) view videofluoroscopy with comparable data despite different imaging modalities....
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...However, it is worth pointing out that in their large sample of 178 normal adults, Aminpour and colleagues [18] found no significant difference in pharyngeal wall thickness from lateral videofluoroscopy between men and women in either the young or old age categories....
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...[18] found reduced pharyngeal wall thickness both at rest and during swallowing in older subjects as measured on lateral view videofluoroscopy....
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...Sarcopenia has been established in the tongue, geniohyoid muscle(15) and the pharyngeal constrictors.(16,17) It follows then, that exercises that target the swallowing muscles are desirable for reversing sarcopenia and age-related dysphagia....
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