Kinematic analysis of chewing and swallowing function after cervical spine surgery

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 243 - 252
• Main Authors: Aritaki, Kota, Nakagawa, Kazuharu, Yoshimi, Kanako, Yoshizawa, Akira, Hasegawa, Shohei, Yanagida, Ryosuke, Hashimoto, Motonori, Hirai, Takashi, Yamaguchi, Kohei, Nakane, Ayako, Yoshii, Toshitaka, Okawa, Atsushi, Tohara, Haruka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Back surgery; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bone surgery; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Chewing; Deglutition; Deglutition Disorders - diagnostic imaging; Deglutition Disorders - etiology; Dysphagia; Esophageal sphincter; Humans; Hyoid bone; Mastication; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Pharynx; Sphincter; Spine (cervical); Surgical Orthopedics; Swallowing; Chewing and swallowing function; Dysphagia; Cervical spine disease; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• ISSN: 0940-6719; 1432-0932; 1432-0932
• DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-08022-7

Purpose Although movement of the hyoid bone is different for masticatory swallowing and liquid swallowing in normal subjects, it has not been studied after cervical spine surgery. Therefore, we analyzed the swallowing dynamics of masticatory swallowing in anterior cervical spine disease surgery usin...