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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Dysphagia. 2014 Oct 25;30(1):2–26. doi: 10.1007/s00455-014-9578-x

Table 5.

Solid stimuli (both radio-opaque and non-opaque) used in studies of oral processing and swallowing

Author Opaque/non-opaque Mixed consistency Soft solids Hard solids
Anderson, Throckmorton, Buschang & Hayasaki [39] Non-opaque Soft chewing gum (hardness = 440g measured on a Durometer) Hard chewing gum (hardness = 670g measured on a Durometer)
Ashida, Iwamori, Kawakami, Miyaoka & Murayama [44] Non-opaque 1) Low concentration ordinary agar gel; 2) Low concentration mixture of agar, k-carrageenan, locust bean gum and glucose. 1) High concentration ordinary agar gel; 2) High concentration mixture of agar, k-carrageenan, locust bean gum and glucose.
Barata, de Carvalho, Carrara-de Angelis, de Faria, & Kowalski [48] Non-opaque Toasted Biscuits
Bingjie, Tong, Xinting, Jianmin, & Guijun [24] Opaque Biscuits coated with barium
Chen, Peele, Donati, Ott, Donofrio, & Gelfand [51] Opaque Cookie (Lorna Done, Nabisco) coated with barium paste
Funami, Ishihara, Nakauma, Kohyama and Nishinari [43] Non-opaque 1) Agar gel containing a mixture of gellan gum and psyllium seed gum: hardness level of 1000 Pa at 67% strain. 2) De-acylated gellan gum: hardness level of 1000 Pa at 67% strain. 1) Agar gel containing a mixture of gellan gum and psyllium seed gum: hardness level of 4000 Pa at 67% strain. 2) De-acylated gellan gum: hardness level of 4000 Pa at 67% strain.
Gisel [18] Non-opaque Gelatin cubes: consistency reported to “melt slowly in the mouth”. Cheerios cereal
Hoebler, Karinthi, Devaux, Guillon, Gallant, Bouchet, Melegari & Barry [42] Non-opaque 1) white wheat bread; 2) durum wheat spaghetti
Ishida, Palmer, & Hiiemae [31] Opaque 8 g of banana with a light superficial coating of Esophotrast barium paste. 1) shortbread cookie (Walker’s Shortbread Ltd.) with a light coating of Esophotrast barium paste; 2) Unsalted dried peanuts mixed with Esophotrast barium paste
Karkazis [46] Non-opaque 1) fresh raw carrots; 2) crisp peeled apples.
Karkazis & Kossioni [47] Non-opaque Crisp peeled apples in 1cm3 pieces Fresh raw carrots in 1cm3 pieces
Karkazis & Kossioni [41] Non-opaque Non-adhesive chewing gum Raw carrots
Kim & Han [21] Non-opaque Thick rice gruel
Lee, Kim, Kim, & Lee [52] Opaque 12 g cooked rice mixed with 100 ml liquid barium 24 g cooked rice mixed with 5 ml liquid barium
Nagatomi, Yoshimine, Miura, Tanaka & Arai [40] Non-opaque Cheese 1) Rice crackers; 2) Peanuts
Ruark, McCullough, Peters, & Moore [19] Non-opaque Gummy bear (Favorite Brands International)
Saitoh, Shibata, Matsuo, Baba, Fujii & Palmer [45] Opaque Corned beef mixed with liquid barium Corned beef mixed with powder barium
Taniwaki, Gao, Nishinari, & Kohyama [27] Non-opaque Konjac jelly (Konnyaku Batake, Mannan Life Co. Ltd., Gunma, Japan). Yield stress: 10 Pa @ 0.0061/s