Dysphagia in Frail Elderly
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چکیده
Effective and safe swallowing is one of the basic needs for human survival. Dysphagia or disorders often occur in elderly increase with age. Patients do not complain dysphagia compensate by modifying texture food. Frailty associated an increased prevalence dysphagia. Difficulty chewing, formation positioning bolus are In addition, can cause weakness because there a disturbance due to decrease nutritional status, muscle function, recurrent aspiration pneumonia. be described as cycle affect each other. Several interventions were carried out overcome dysphagia, either compensatory, rehabilitative, combination both.
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عنوان ژورنال: Indonesian Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2252-8199', '2621-7678']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36803/ijpmr.v11i02.262