Gender effect on the clinical measurement of swallowing Influência do gênero em parâmetros da deglutição

BACKGROUND: Swallowing coordination is affected by cortical and subcortical inputs from the central nervous system. Our hypothesis is that the swallowing dynamics may be influenced by gender. AIM: To evaluate the influence of gender on water swallowing dynamics. METHODS: We studied 111 health subjec...

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Main Authors: Leda Maria Tavares Alves, Rachel de Aguiar Cassiani, Carla Manfredi dos Santos, Roberto Oliveira Dantas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2007-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032007000300009