title: A framework for understanding shared substrates of airway protection.
abstract: Deficits of airway protection can have deleterious effects to health and quality of life. Effective airway protection requires a continuum of behaviors including swallowing and cough. Swallowing prevents material from entering the airway and coughing ejects endogenous material from the airway. There is significant overlap between the control mechanisms for swallowing and cough. In this review we will present the existing literature to support a novel framework for understanding shared substrates of airway protection. This framework was originally adapted from Eccles' model of cough (2009) by Hegland, et al. (2012). It will serve to provide a basis from which to develop future studies and test specific hypotheses that advance our field and ultimately improve outcomes for people with airway protective deficits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle Shevon
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Troche
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Alexandra Essman
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Brandimore
authors.affiliation: Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Karen Wheeler
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hegland
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003371:Cough / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*