[Positioning in the oropharyngeal dysphagia]

Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord). 2009;130(1):61-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Sitting body posture and the movements for the feeding gesture are interdependent and can worsen an oropharyngeal dysphagia. Their management will have a direct impact on the patient's handicap and will be able to decrease the complications. Clinical process aiming at placing a person having postural disorders, positioning will ensure a base adapted to the person, comfortable, allowing mobility and independence. It requires a methodical accompaniment: evaluation, test, validation, control of adapted equipment for the patient and gesture readjustment.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
  • Deglutition Disorders* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Posture*