Effect of Fluid Thickening with a Gum-Based Thickening Product in Older Patients with Structural or Mild Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Fluid thickening with TQ enhances swallowing safety in older patients with structural causes of OD and those with mild OD through compensatory mechanisms and without a consistent increase in pharyngeal residue across the tested viscosity range.
Authors
- Noemí Tomsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-7948)
- Mireia Bolívar-Prados (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8896-1150)
- Pere Clavé
- Johana Muchová
- Adrian Nuñez-Lara
Institutions
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (ES)
- Hospital de Mataró (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071138
- Primary Topic
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Morinaga Milk Industry
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III