Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?This study of healthy young and elderly individuals is intended to assess the effects of pharyngeal exerciser on pharyngeal pressure phenomenon during swallowing. Our specific aim is to test if the pharyngeal exerciser increases the workload of muscles involved in pharyngeal phase of swallowing.
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for healthy individuals aged 18 or older who have no history of head or neck surgery, significant bleeding disorders, autonomic dysfunction, carotid vascular disorders, neuro-muscular junction disorders like myasthenia gravis, esophageal symptoms (e.g., heartburn), allergies to lidocaine and barium, severe medical conditions such as COPD or cancer, cervical spine or neurological disorders excluding Parkinson's Disease.Treatment Details
The study is examining the impact of a pharyngeal exerciser on swallowing pressure in both young and elderly healthy volunteers. It aims to determine whether this device can increase muscle workload during the pharyngeal phase of swallowing.
1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Pharyngeal exerciser groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Test that application of the pharyngeal exerciser increases the workload of muscles involved in pharyngeal phase of swallowing as evidenced manometrically by changes in
Pharyngeal peak pressures Pharyngeal (velopharynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx) contractile duration Pharyngeal (velopharynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx) contractile integral Hypopharyngeal intrabolus pressure and duration UES nadir pressure UES relaxation time Baseline UES pressure
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Medical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI
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Who is running the clinical trial?
Medical College of WisconsinLead Sponsor