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SUBMITTER: Tamaru Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870084 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tamaru Yoshiki Y Matsugi Akiyoshi A Masaki Shinzo S Tsubouchi Yoshihito Y Yanagawa Akiyoshi A
PloS one 20210208 2
The aim of this study was to determine the abnormal hand and mouth behavior before actual swallowing for eating in elderly people with high risk of aspiration pneumonia. Ten elderly people with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia (EAP), 15 healthy elderly (HE) people, and 21 young adults (YA) were enrolled. The feeding time and the timing of the maximum distance between the upper and lower lips were extracted using a motion analyzer during self-feeding and assisted-feeding. The results showed th ...[more]