Journal of Nursing & Care

Yumi Chiba

Publications

• Special Issue Article
  Short-Term Effectiveness of a Swallowing Exercise for the Elderly Using Day-Care Services
  Author(s): Yumi Chiba, Haruka Tohara, Yuka Ohba and Sadao MoritaYumi Chiba, Haruka Tohara, Yuka Ohba and Sadao Morita
  
  Purpose: The research purpose was to investigate the short-term effectiveness of exercise intervention to improve pharyngeal functions in the elderly using day- care services. Methods: Subjects were totally 84 elderly people. The participants were analyzed at 2 points: baseline and 2 weeks after the starting date of the study. This exercise comprised pronunciation practice, a pushing exercise with crying out in a loud voice, and a falsetto exercise. A questionnaire of ingestion and deglutition functions was also answered at 2 points. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS J16.0. The intervention duration of this study was from February 2 to March 4, 2008. Results: The average participant age was 82.4 ± 8.6 years. Comparing the evaluative items of the swallowing functions at 2 points, signi.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.S5-012

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