Table 6.
Results of the comparison of regular effort and effortful swallows.
| Average Treatment Effect |
SE | p-value | Cohen’s D |
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| Kinematic Measures | Pharyngeal Constriction (MPCAN) | −0.0005 | 0.0029 | 0.8900 | -- |
| Pharyngeal Shortening (%C2–4) | −2.629 | 1.0669 | 0.0033*** | 0.29 | |
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| Temporal Measures | Laryngeal Closure Duration (sec) | 0.3800 | 0.0543 | <0.0001*** | 0.72 |
| Hyoid Movement Duration (sec) | 0.5446 | 0.0676 | <0.0001*** | 0.86 | |
| UES Opening Duration (sec) | 0.0739 | 0.0164 | <0.0001*** | 0.53 | |
| Stage Transition Duration (sec) | 0.0687 | 0.0249 | <0.0001*** | 0.27 | |
| Pharyngeal Transit Time (sec) | 0.1396 | 0.0285 | <0.0001*** | 0.49 | |
| Pharyngeal Response Duration (sec) | 0.0713 | 0.0214 | 0.0007*** | 0.39 | |
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| Functional Measures | PAS | 0.1214 | 0.0694 | 0.0713 | -- |
| NRRSv | 0.0073 | 0.0068 | 0.2467 | -- | |
| NRRSp | 0.0072 | 0.0155 | 0.0020*** | 0.02 | |