title: Evaluation of swallowing pathophysiology.
abstract: A description of the variety of diagnostic techniques used to study dysphagia is presented. The advantages and limitations of each are discussed along with a description of how each procedure evaluates the actual components of swallowing, both normal and abnormal. Diagnostic decision points in the course of diagnosis and treatment and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sonies
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D003679:Deglutition; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008365:Manometry; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014743:Videotape Recording