Rehabilitative treatment

Abstract

Positive patient outcomes from rehabilitative treatment depend on keen differential diagnostic wisdom and ability. Choosing the appropriate rehabilitative treatment for a particular deglutitive disorder is based on a deglutologist's accuracy in evaluation and diagnosis of the deglutitive disorder. Appropriate choice of the best rehabilitative treatment comes from critical analysis and understanding of the available research evidence, clinical experience, and consideration of the patient objectives and goals. Rehabilitative treatment, in its adolescence, offers exciting approaches and regimens with positive scientific results and clinical success. The successes experienced thus far require careful and wise clinical application, definition, and, of course, further investigation and publication. Rehabilitative treatments for deglutitive disorders and the evidence supporting the use of each treatment are presented in this chapter.