Publications by authors named "Naohito Hao"
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the effects of dysphagia rehabilitation on older patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a super-aged society, emphasizing the necessity for effective management in community hospitals.
- A retrospective review of 732 patients aged 65 and older indicated that around 55.1% needed dysphagia rehabilitation, which notably enhanced their caloric intake and BMI, along with improvements in their activities of daily living (ADL) by discharge.
- The findings suggest that integrating dysphagia rehabilitation into cardiac care can significantly improve the quality of life for older patients with CVD, making it a crucial component of their overall treatment.
Background: It has not yet been clarified how the type of the chewing task affects related muscle activity and how the suprahyoid muscles contribute to masticatory function in humans.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the difference in the suprahyoid muscle activity between the freely and unilaterally chewing tasks and between the working and non-working sides during chewing.
Materials And Methods: Twenty healthy volunteers were instructed to chew peanuts and two different types of rice crackers in two ways: freely and unilaterally while surface electromyograms of the masseter and suprahyoid muscles were recorded.
Examining the coordination of respiration and swallowing is important for elucidating the mechanisms underlying these functions and assessing how respiration is linked to swallowing impairment in dysphagic patients. In this study, we assessed the coordination of respiration and swallowing to clarify how voluntary swallowing is coordinated with respiration and how mastication modulates the coordination of respiration and swallowing in healthy humans. Twenty-one healthy volunteers participated in three experiments.
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