Diss. (sammanfattning) Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2007. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Thesis (M. Sc. Med.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed 29 July 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine to the Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. Degree awarded 2008; thesis submitted 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2004. / Typescript. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 44 pages. Includes Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Orientador: Antonio Carlos Pereira / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T13:25:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carvalho_EloisaMullerde_M.pdf: 2697999 bytes, checksum: 9e51d9af8c1c66d77cd1d7a6acd1b261 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Este estudo é composto por um artigo, cujo objetivo principal foi investigar a eficácia dos métodos de prevenção e tratamento da mucosite oral induzida pela terapia do câncer em crianças e adolescentes. Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática de literatura (RSL) realizada por meio da análise retrospectiva de estudos primários que focalizaram a prevenção e o tratamento da mucosite oral. Os procedimentos metodológicos foram baseados nas recomendações da Cochrane Collaboration (Clarke, 2001), caracterizada pela análise criteriosa dos estudos selecionados, conforme o nível de evidência e relevância na área, síntese e interpretação dos dados. Capitulo 1: Um total de 1.394 registros potencialmente relevantes foram encontrados em seis bases de dados. Do total de registros, 254 estavam duplicados. Assim, os resumos de 1.140 estudos foram lidos, dos quais 1.038 referências foram excluídas com base nos resumos, e 102 foram selecionados para análise de texto completo, dos quais 4 foram elegidos para a inclusão da revisão sistemática. Embora a busca tenha sido realizada com a finalidade de encontrar estudos tanto de prevenção quanto de tratamento de mucosite oral, nenhum estudo de prevenção mostrou-se eficaz. As evidências de eficácia desta revisão sistemática foram atribuídas somente a vitamina "E" e laserterapia, ambas modalidades de tratamento para mucosite oral / Abstract: This study consists of an article whose main objective was to identify the effectiveness of the methods of prevention and treatment of oral mucositis induced by cancer therapy in children and adolescents. It is a systematic literature review (SLR) performed by retrospective analysis of primary studies that focused on the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis. The methodological procedures based on the recommendations of the Cochrane Collaboration (Clark, 2001), characterized by careful analysis of the selected studies, as the level of evidence and relevance in the area; synthesis and interpretation of data. Chapter 1): A total of 1,394 entries were found in the potentially relevant six data bases, of which 254 were duplicated. Thus, abstracts of 1,140 studies were read, of which 1,038 references were excluded on the basis of the abstracts, and 102 were selected for full-text analysis, from which 4 were selected for inclusion in the systematic review. Although the search has been performed with the aim of finding studies both as preventive treatment of oral mucositis, none prevention study was effective. The evidence of efficacy of this systematic review were assigned only to vitamin "E" and laser therapy, both treatment modalities for oral mucositis / Mestrado / Odontologia em Saude Coletiva / Mestra em Odontologia em Saúde Coletiva

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Stroke is associated with a high prevalence of dysphagia in the elderly population. Hence, dysphagia evaluation and management are key issues in stroke rehabilitation. The McGill Ingestive Skills Assessment (MISA) is a recently developed mealtime observational tool aimed at evaluating the functional aspects of the oral phase of ingestion. Objective: To determine the discriminative validity of the MISA by assessing known/extreme groups of elderly individuals presenting with stroke, who have been admitted to an acute-care-hospital or a rehabilitation center. Participants were allocated to one of two groups: 1) individuals with stroke and no dysphagia, who are on a regular diet and 2) individuals with stroke and dysphagia, who are permitted only purees. Methods: Participants were evaluated with the MISA and a comprehensive chart review was conducted. Analysis: Groups were compared on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. Univariate tests were performed to test the significance of between-group differences. Conclusion and significance: The results of the study are satisfactory, and enhance the clinical usefulness of the tool for dysphagia management. These results also support future studies addressing the responsiveness of the MISA.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

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Thesis (MScMedSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Swallowing disorders are prevalent in many elderly individuals and are common amongst individuals suffering from neurological diseases. These individuals are affected from slight swallowing difficulty to total swallowing inability. In severe cases this may cause aspiration pneumonia, dehydration, malnutrition and ultimately death. Swallowing disorders can be diagnosed and treated to increase quality of life. New treatment strategies to understand the pathophysiology and impaired swallowing response are needed. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation is used as rehabilitation method in various disciplines. This method of rehabilitation of physiological dysfunction is used in treating swallowing disorders and has become a focus for current research. To understand the effect of electrical stimulation to the swallowing centre it is proposed to study its mechanism on normal swallowing musculature. The outcome of the effect that electrical stimulation has on healthy individuals may possibly be used to extrapolate to clinical settings and its benefit for modern dysphagia rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to report on the hyo-laryngeal movement pattern of young healthy, male and female, individuals and to measure the effect of a single neuromuscular electrical stimulation session on the hyo-laryngeal complex of 22 young healthy individuals. Lastly, the aim was to determine the detraining or lasting effect on the hyo-laryngeal swallowing complex of a single neuromuscular electrical stimulation session. The study reported on baseline hyo-laryngeal complex movement patterns by measuring the anterior movement and elevation of the hyo-laryngeal complex through the use of videofluoroscopy swallow study. Analysis of these measurements where done to report on the effect of electrical stimulation on the hyo-laryngeal complex movement pattern pre- and post- electrical stimulation. Significant changes were revealed with elevation of the hyo-laryngeal complex, however no significant effects could be found with anterior movement of the hyo-laryngeal complex pre- and post- electrical stimulation. It was found that elevation of the hyo-laryngeal complex lowered after a single electrical stimulation session. The hyo-laryngeal complex movement pattern remained similar between genders. Lastly it was found that a single electrical stimulation session showed significant reversibility towards baseline levels. This might be related to muscle fatigue and one would need to take into account muscle recovery for future research. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sluk versteurings is algemeen onder bejaardes asook individue wat ly aan neurologiese siektes. Hierdie individue word geaffekteer deur matige sluk probleme tot totale sluk onvermoë. In ernstige gevalle kan dit aanleiding gee tot aspirasie longontsteking, dehidrasie, wanvoeding en selfs dood. Sluk versteurings kan gediagnoseer en behandel word om die kwaliteit van lewe te verbeter. Dit is daarom noodsaaklik om die patofisiologiese en verswakte sluk reaksie te verstaan om sodoende nuwe behandeling strategieë te ontwikkel. Neuromuskulêre elektriese stimulasie word gebruik as rehabilitasie tegniek in verskeie dissiplines. Hierdie metode van behandeling van fisiologiese disfunksie word ook gebruik in die behandeling van sluk afwykings en geniet tans baie navorsings aandag. Om die effek van elektriese stimulasie op die sluk sentrum te verstaan word dit dus voorgestel dat die meganisme op die normale sluk spierstelsel bestudeer word. Hierdie bevindinge kan dus moontlik toegepas word op persone met sluk afwykings en sodoende meer effektiewe rehabilitasie tegnieke bevorder. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die effek op die hyo-laringeale bewegings patroon van jong, gesonde, manlike en vroulike individue te bestudeer, asook om verslag te doen oor die uitwerking van 'n enkele neuromuskulêre elektriese stimulasie sessie op die hyo-laringeale kompleks van 22 jong, gesonde individue. Laastens was die doel van hierdie studie ook om die blywende effek van 'n enkele sessie neuromuskulêre elektriese stimulasie op die sluk sentrum te bepaal. Die studie het basislyn hyo-laringeale kompleks bewegings patrone gerapporteer deur die voorwaartse asook opwaartse beweging van die hyo-laringeale kompleks te meet deur gebruik te maak van videofluoroskopie sluk studies. Ontleding van hierdie metings is gedoen om die uitwerking van elektriese stimulasie op die hyo-laringeale kompleks bewegings patroon voor en na elektriese stimulasie te bepaal. Beduidende veranderinge is in die opwaartse beweging van die hyo-laringeale kompleks gevind, alhoewel geen veranderinge gevind is in die voorwaartse beweging van die hyo-laringeale kompleks voor en na elektriese stimulasie nie. Daar is vasgestel dat die opwaartse beweging van die hyo-laringeale kompleks verlaag het na 'n enkele elektriese stimulasie sessie. Verder het die hyo-laringeale kompleks bewegings patroon geen beduidende verskille tussen geslagte getoon nie. Laastens is bevind dat 'n enkele elektriese stimulasie sessie beduidende omkeerbaarheid terug na basislyn vlakke van beweging toon. Dit kan verband hou met die uitputting van die hyo-laringeale spiere as gevolg van die elektriese stimulasie en toekomstige navorsing sal dus uitputting, asook die tempo van herstel in ag moet neem.