Table 3.
Frequency of Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP) Overall Impression scores distributed across the pharyngeal domain.
| MBSImP Component | Overall impression (OI) score Frequency (Percentage) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7–Soft palate elevation | 62 (82.7) | 12 (16) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.3) |
| 8–Laryngeal elevation | 23 (30.7) | 33 (44) | 19 (25.3) | 0 (0) | |
| 9–Anterior hyoid excursion | 20 (26.7) | 47 (62.7) | 8 (10.7) | ||
| 10–Epiglottic movement | 20 (26.7) | 19 (25.3) | 36 (48) | ||
| 11–Laryngeal vestibular closure–height of swallow | 24 (32) | 41 (54.7) | 10 (13.3) | ||
| 12–Pharyngeal stripping wave | 20 (26.7) | 38 (50.7) | 17 (22.7) | ||
| 13–Pharyngeal contraction* (AP view only) | 34 (45.3) | 4 (5.3) | 4 (5.3) | 6 (8) | |
| 14–Pharyngoesophageal segment opening | 12 (16) | 38 (50.7) | 22 (29.3) | 3 (4) | |
| 15–Tongue base retraction | 11 (14.7) | 24 (32) | 32 (42.7) | 8 (10.7) | 0 (0) |
| 16–Pharyngeal residue | 2 (2.7) | 14 (18.7) | 38 (50.7) | 19 (25.3) | 2 (2.7) |
*
Missing N = 27.