Dysphagia in neuromuscular diseases /
Robert M. Miller and Deanna Britton.
- 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations.
- Clinical dysphagia series .
- Clinical dysphagia series. .
"A volume in the clinical dysphagia series."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Purpose and scope -- Definitions and classification -- Neural basis for swallowing and dysphagia -- Clinical swallowing examination -- Respiratory system and examination -- The use of instrumental examinations in neuromuscular diseases -- Principles of intervention in neuromuscular disease -- Muscle disease -- Neuromuscular junction disease -- Peripheral nerve disease -- Motor neuron disease -- Demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS).