The pharyngeal contractile integral is a useful indicator of pharyngeal swallowing impairment.
A O'RourkeKate DavidsonA LazarB Martin-HarrisPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)
The PhCI is a useful indicator of the presence of pharyngeal swallowing impairment and is technically simple to calculate with currently available software programs. Advancement of software is necessary to refine the clinical value of this parameter. High-resolution pharyngeal manometry has the potential to be a valuable adjunct procedure for the evaluation and treatment of dysphagic individuals.