The use of a volitional airway protection technique by a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cognitive impairment

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Cleary, Stuart
  • Costar, Allison
  • Prior, Jacqueline

• The purpose of this pilot study is to determine if an individual with ALS and frontotemporal lobar dementia can learn a volitional airway protection technique and, if so, does this treatment have a beneficial effect on respiration and swallowing?

• Date created

  2011-01-13

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Volitional airway protection technique
  • Dysphagia
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Respiration
  • Frontotemporal lobar dementia
  • Swallowing
  • Cognitive impairment

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3R76C

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International