Article Highlights
- Expiratory strengthening may be a novel therapeutic target to improve airway protection in this population
- Data suggest functional improvements in swallowing safety in chronic radiation-associated aspirators
- Maximum Expiratory Pressures (MEP) were reduced in chronic radiation-associated aspirators
Reference
Hutcheson, Katherine A., et al. “Expiratory Muscle Strength Training for Radiation-Associated Aspiration after Head and Neck Cancer: A Case Series.” The Laryngoscope, vol. 128, no. 5, 2018, pp. 1044–51. PubMed, doi:10.1002/lary.26845.
