The Relationship Between Scoliosis and Dysphagia

Thursday, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Seabright
Poster 2
Speech-language pathologists play a significant and active role in a constantly evolving dynamic field, where they treat a broad range of speech, language, voice, feeding, and swallowing disorders. Focusing on the feeding and swallowing aspect, what happens when a patient presents with comorbidities, such as scoliosis (a spinal disorder) and dysphagia (a swallowing disorder?) Both disorders are widespread and have high incidence rates in terms of assessment and management, yet the relationship between the two is sparse in the literature. The following study has been conducted to explore the relationship between scoliosis and dysphagia, which could provide information regarding awareness, repercussions, current practices, and available modes of treatment, thereby adding to the knowledge base of the field of speech-language pathology.
Track: 
Adult