Spontaneous Swallowing during All-Night Sleep in Patients with Parkinson Disease in Comparison with Healthy Control Subjects

• DOI: 10.5665/sleep.5640
• Publication Date: 2016-03-31T21:00:14Z
• Authors: Irem Fatma Uludag; Bedile Irem Tifti...; Cumhur Ertekin
• Keywords: Sleep; Sleep Stages

Spontaneous saliva swallows (SS) appear especially during sleep. The rate of SS was rarely investigated in all-night sleep patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Dysphagia is a frequent symptom PD, but the never studied an electroencephalogram (EEG).A total 21 PD and 18 age-matched healthy controls were included study. Frequencies coughing recordings controls. During sleep, video-EEG 12-channel recording used including electromyography (EMG) swallowing muscles, nasal airflow, vertical laryngeal movement using pair EEG electrodes over thyroid cartilage.The number increased while mean duration decreased when compared to Sialorrhea clinical dysphagia, assessed by proper questionnaires, had no effect any patient group. new finding so-called salvo type consecutive one set swallowing. amount significantly just after SS.In not sufficient demonstrate disorder, such as oropharyngeal quite frequent. This novel may contribute understanding problems dysphagic or nondysphagic PD.