Effects of Voice Therapy Using Gliding and Humming in Dysphonic Patients With Glottal Gap

Background and Objectives Therapies have been reported to treat the glottal gap previously. However, these voice therapies showed the limits because many techniques focused only on one among breathing, resonance and phonation. In addition patients often have difficulties visiting hospital frequently. ‘Gliding and humming’ is vocal training technique that readjusts total vocal patterns such as breathing, resonance and phonation. This technique can be easily applied during short term sessions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of voice therapy with ‘gliding and humming’ for patients with glottic gap during short-term treatment sessions.Materials and Method Twenty-three patients with glottal gap were selected. Of all patients, 14 patients had sulcus vocalis and 12 patients had muscle tension dysphonia (MTD). Voice therapies were performed 1.9 sessions in average. GRBAS, jitter, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio, semitone range, closed quotient_vowel and maximum phonation time were compared before and after the therapies. In addition, changes of glottal gap and MTD severity were evaluated.Results Statistically significant improvement was observed. MTD improvement was observed only among the patients with glottal gap improvement. Also sulcus vocalis group showed the statistically significant improvement.Conclusion ‘Gliding and humming’ was effective to the patients with glottic gap and sulcus vocalis. Also, among patients who have both glottic gap and MTD, the data suggests that voice therapy for glottic gap also makes improvement in MTD.

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??1-Acid Glycoprotein Levels in AIDS Patients Before and After Short-Term Treatment with Zidovudine (ZDV)

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ◽

10.1097/00126334-199305000-00016 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. 531???532

Author(s):

&NA;

Keyword(s):

Term Treatment ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Treatment ◽

Aids Patients ◽

Acid Glycoprotein ◽

Before And After

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A Comparative Study of Symptoms, Nasal Eosinophilia and Pulmonary Function Tests Before and After Short Term Treatment with Corticosteroid Nasal Spray in Patients with Allergic Rhinitis

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery ◽

10.1007/s12070-020-02034-1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Keshav Mangalore Pai ◽

Suresh Pillai ◽

Harshita Sabhahit Pai ◽

Shama Shetty

Keyword(s):

Allergic Rhinitis ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Pulmonary Function ◽

Nasal Spray ◽

Pulmonary Function Tests ◽

Term Treatment ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Treatment ◽

Function Tests ◽

Before And After

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Changes in three tumor markers in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma after combination therapy with pemetrexed and platinum: Short-term treatment efficacy

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research ◽

10.4314/tjpr.v18i3.25 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 619-623

Author(s):

Yang Lou ◽

Bo Xu ◽

Xianshuai Li ◽

Xiaoyi Xu ◽

Xianguo Chen

Keyword(s):

Lung Adenocarcinoma ◽

Tumor Markers ◽

Tumor Volume ◽

Term Treatment ◽

Term Therapy ◽

Research Subjects ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Treatment ◽

Before And After ◽

Volume Group

Purpose: To study changes in three tumor markers before and after combination treatment with pemetrexed and platinum, and evaluate the short-term therapeutic effectiveness of the treatment in advanced lung adenocarcinoma (ALA) subjects. Method: Patients with ALA (n =120) admitted to JinHua Municipal Central Hospital from January 2017 to May 2018 were selected as the research subjects. According to the results of chemotherapy, they were divided into two groups: significantly-reduced tumor volume group (90 cases), and nonsignificantly-reduced tumor volume group (21 cases). The two groups were treated with chemotherapy using a combination of pemetrexed and cisplatin. The levels of CEA, CA125 and CYFRA21-1 before and after chemotherapy were assayed to determine their relationship with short-term therapy effectiveness. Result: Overall analysis of tumor markers in the 120 patients with ALA showed statistically significant reduction in overall tumor marker levels before and after chemotherapy (p < 0.05). At the end of chemotherapy, the tumor markers were markedly reduced in subjects with significant tumor volume, and there was statistical difference between the two groups before chemotherapy (p < 0.05). Changes in CEA, CA125 and CYFRA21-1 were positively correlated with the chemotherapeutic effects on patients with ALA. Conclusion: In ALA patients treated with pemetrexed and platinum, changes in serum CEA, CA125 and CYFRA21-1 profiles before and after treatment depend on the effect of chemotherapy, and they are reliable for prediction of short-term therapeutic efficacy.

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Histology of gastric biopsies from peptic ulcer patients before and after short-term treatment with omeprazole or H2-receptor antagonists

Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology ◽

10.1007/bf01605781 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 417 (4) ◽

pp. 305-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Herbert F. Helander ◽

Magnus Simonsson ◽

Frank Sundler ◽

Kerstin Rutgersson ◽

Kerstin G. Helander ◽

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Keyword(s):

Peptic Ulcer ◽

Term Treatment ◽

Short Term ◽

Receptor Antagonists ◽

Short Term Treatment ◽

H2 Receptor Antagonists ◽

H2 Receptor ◽

Before And After ◽

Gastric Biopsies

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Electromyographic evaluation of selected muscles during active hip extension in men treated McKenzie method

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics ◽

10.37190/abb-01578-2020-03 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Magdalena Jabłońska ◽

Anna Fryzowicz ◽

Małgorzata B. Ogurkowska

Keyword(s):

Statistical Significance ◽

Term Treatment ◽

Erector Spinae ◽

Activation Time ◽

Short Term ◽

Short Term Treatment ◽

Erector Spinae Muscle ◽

Before And After ◽

Mckenzie Method ◽

Hip Extension

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate objective results of short-term treatment with the use of electromyography and to determine changes in muscle recruitment during the prone hip extension test in individuals with chronic low back pain who underwent the McKenzie treatment. Methods: The studied group consisted of 17 male office workers aged 33–55 who underwent two experimental sessions comprising of 3 measurements and the McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy. Electromyographic examination of selected muscles was performed during the test in order to assess changes in their activity before and after the McKenzie method and the Visual Analogue Scale was used to assess the level of pain. Results: There was a tendency towards significance at the beginning of activation between the first and second test for the left erector spinae muscle (p = 0.0684). In 18% of patients, the onset activation time decreased, which is indicative of correct direction of changes. No statistically significant changes were observed in the remaining muscles. Statistical significance (p = 0.0131) was observed between the first and third test for the left erector spinae muscle. A decrease in the onset activation time was observed in 75% of the subjects. Effectiveness increased by as much as 57%. The level of pain decreased in the third test compared to the first one (p = 0.0240). However, the change in pain sensations between the first and second test was not statistically significant. Conclusions: The study showed objective changes in the activation sequence of selected muscles and subjective changes in pain following short term McKenzie therapy.

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