2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The study on laryngeal closure for airway protection during swallow
| Project/Area Number |
20592462
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social dentistry
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| Research Institution | Health Sciences University of Hokkaido |
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Principal Investigator |
KINOSHITA Kenji Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 心理科学部, 教授 (50211199)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 嚥下 / 喉頭 / 誤嚥防止 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to measure the characteristics of laryngeal closure for airway protection during swallow. A case was allowed to eat orally in the restricted condition of volume, properties and quantity of food which had laryngeal elevation, opening of the cricopharyngeal sphincter, closure of true vocal fold, no closure of false vocal fold, no pharyngeal constriction and no epiglottal inversion.
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