Dysphagia in Motor Disorders

Movement disorders in their various manifestations represent some of the most complex and clinically difficult cases encountered by experts. The book "Dysphagia in Motor Disorders" provides clinicians with a useful guide to diagnosing, evaluating, and managing swallowing disorders in a variety of motor disorders. The first part refers to the anatomy and physiology of swallowing, the clinical and paraclinical methods of evaluating swallowing disorders as well as the therapeutic approaches to dysphagia.Then, through the presentation of movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, Huntington's disease, chorea, tremor, ataxia, dystonia, a complete guide to the difficulties faced by people with mobility is provided. disorders in relation to their ingestion, as well as for the evaluation and treatment of dysphagia that occurs in each of these disorders.

The translation of Rosenbek and Jones's book is followed by a second part, a collection of articles by Greek authors, clinicians and researchers of various specialties who contribute with new material conveying their own perspective on dysphagia in movement disorders.