Self-reported Dysphagia and Pharyngeal Volume Following Whiplash Injury

Stone, Danielle B.; Ward, Elizabeth C.; Bogaardt, Hans; Heard, Robert; Martin‐Harris, Bonnie; Smith, Andrew C.; Elliott, James M.

doi:10.1007/s00455-020-10233-9

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“…This evidence was used to postulate that swallowing difficulties after whiplash may be due to changes in the shape of the oropharynx. However, more recent studies which have compared volume between cohorts have not detected the same differences (Stone et al, 2020 ; Stone et al, 2021a ). In this study, we specifically examined shape parameters as opposed to simple dimensional data, and found no association between oropharynx shape and WAD.…”

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Shape modelling of the oropharynx distinguishes associations with body morphology but not whiplash‐associated disorder

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Characterization of the oropharynx, a subdivision of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis, is limited to simple measurements. Structural changes in the oropharynx in whiplash‐associated disorder (WAD) cohorts have been quantified using two‐dimensional (2D) and three‐dimensional (3D) measures but the results are inconsistent. Statistical shape modelling (SSM) may be a more useful tool for systematically comparing morphometric features between cohorts. This technique has been used to quantify the variability in boney and soft tissue structures, but has not been used to examine a hollow cavity such as the oropharynx. The primary aim of this project was to examine the utility of SSM for comparing the oropharynx between WAD cohorts and control; and WAD severity cohorts. The secondary aim was to determine whether shape is associated with sex, height, weight and neck length. Magnetic resonance (MR) T1‐weighted images were obtained from healthy control ( n = 20), acute WAD ( n = 14) and chronic WAD ( n = 14) participants aged 18–39 years. Demographic, WAD severity (neck disability index) and body morphometry data were collected from each participant. Manual segmentation of the oropharynx was undertaken by blinded researchers between the top of the soft palate and tip of the epiglottis. Digital 3D oropharynx models were constructed from the segmented images and principal component (PC) analysis was performed with the PC weights normalized to z‐scores for consistency. Statistical analyses were undertaken using multivariate linear models. In the first statistical model the independent variable was group (acute WAD, chronic WAD, control); and in the second model the independent variable was WAD severity (recovered/mild, moderate/severe). The covariates for both models included height, weight, average neck length and sex. Shape models were constructed to visualize the effect of perturbing these covariates for each relevant mode. The shape model revealed five modes which explained 90% of the variance: mode 1 explained 59% of the variance and primarily described differences in isometric size of the oropharynx, including elongation; mode 2 (13%) primarily described lateral (width) and AP (depth) dimensions; mode 3 (8%) described retroglossal AP dimension; mode 4 (6%) described lateral dimensions at the retropalatal‐retroglossal junction and mode 5 (4%) described the lateral dimension at the inferior retroglossal region. There was no difference in shape (mode 1 p = 0.52; mode 2 p = 0.96; mode 3 p = 0.07; mode 4 p = 0.54; mode 5 p = 0.74) between control, acute WAD and chronic WAD groups. There were no statistical differences for any mode (mode 1 p = 0.12; mode 2 p = 0.29; mode 3 p = 0.56; mode 4 p = 0.99; mode 5 ...

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confidence: 96%

“…Further, one study has determined that the severity of symptoms following whiplash are related to oropharyngeal size (Elliott et al, 2012). These findings have been made using 2D MRI measurements at nominal vertebral sites, or 3D measurements of volume which were not replicated in a follow-up study (Stone et al, 2020;Stone et al, 2021a).…”

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