The relationship between pulmonary and swallowing functions in patients with neuromuscular diseases followed up by a tertiary referral center: a cross-sectional study.
Max SarmetLaura Davison MangilliGeovanna Pereira CostaJuliana Peres Ribeiro Soares PaesVitor Martins CodeçoJanae Lyon MillionVinicius MaldanerPublished in: Logopedics, phoniatrics, vocology (2021)
A positive correlation between pulmonary function and swallowing outcomes was observed in patients with NMD. Despite respiratory and swallowing impairment being widely present in the population with NMD, they require different treatments according to the disease's pathophysiology. Future studies should be conducted to explore the disease-specific relationship between pulmonary function and swallowing in patients with NMD.