Development of the remote swallowing function evaluation training system with a piezo sensor for the home-bound elderly patient

尽管VF检查对于观察咽期吞咽是有用的，但由于暴露的危险和造影剂吸入以及设备昂贵，在临床应用中存在局限性。我们设计了一种非临界、简便地评价吞咽功能和分析吞咽运动的方法-颈部贴PPT法。利用以往的研究结果，开发了一种用于家庭患者的小型吞咽功能评估训练装置，该装置具有压电传感器。 检查是否能够通过使用该原型来评估正常人的吞咽功能。样机对RSST吞咽功能的检测率为91.5%，并通过压电传感器的电压值曲线说明了吞咽功能评估的可能性，为颞下颌关节紊乱病患者的网络远程医疗进行了基础性研究。

There is a limitation in the clinical application because the danger of the exposure and the contrast medium aspiration and devices are expensive though the VF inspection is useful for the observation of the pharyngeal phase swallowing. We designed the method of sticking PPT on the cervix as a method of evaluating the swallowing function noncritical and handily and analyzing the deglutition movement. A small swallowing function evaluation training device with a piezo sensor for the home-bound patient was developed as a prototype by using past study results. Whether normal person's swallowing function was able to be evaluated by using this prototype was examined. The detection rate of the swallowing in RSST by the prototype was 91.5(%), and the possibility that the swallowing function was able to be evaluated was shown by the voltage value by the curve of the piezo sensor.The fundamental study on the telemedicine via the Internet to temporomandibular disorders patient was done.