9. Deglutitive Oral Pressure Phenomena - Robert M. Siwiec and Reza Shaker

10. Effect of Aging on the Oral Phase of Deglutition - Georgia A. Malandraki and JoAnne Robbins

11. Nascent Oral Phase - Amy L. Delaney and Colin Rudolph

Part IV: Pharyngeal Phase of Deglutition

12. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Pharynx - Peter C. Belafsky and Catherine Rees Lintzenich

13. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Larynx - Mikhail Wadie, Stewart I. Adam and Clarence T. Sasaki

14. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Lungs - Rade Tomic, Andrea Antonescu-Turco and Elizabeth R. Jacobs

15. Effect of Aging of the Pharynx and the UES - Rebecca J. Leonard and Reza Shaker

Part V: UES and its Deglutitive Function

17. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Upper Esophageal Sphincter and Pharyngo-Esophageal Junction - Ivan M. Lang

18. Deglutitive Pharyngeal and UES Pressure Phenomena - Erica A. Samuel and Reza Shaker

Part VI: Esophageal Phase of Deglutition

19. Development, Anatomy and Physiology of the Esophagus - Braden Kuo and Kyle Staller

20. Normal Aging and the Esophagus - Paul Menard-Katcher and Gary W. Falk

21. Nascent Esophagus, Sensory-Motor Physiology during Maturation - Sudarshan R. Jadcherla

Part VII: Esophageal Motility and Its Deglutitive Function

22. Esophageal Motor Physiology - William G. Paterson and Nicholas Evans Diamant

23. Sphincter Mechanisms at the Esophago-Gastric Junction - Ravinder Mittal

24. Motility and Pressure Phenomena of the Esophagus - Vladimir M. Kushnir and C. Prakash Gyawali

Part VIII: Oral/pharyngeal phase dysphagia

25. Symptom Indices for Dysphagia Assessment and Management - Jacqueline Allen and Peter C. Belafsky

26. Cerebro-Vascular Accidents and Dysphagia - Allison R. Gallaugher, Carol-Leigh Wilson and Stephanie K. Daniels

27. Progressive Neurologic Disease and Dysphagia (including Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Post Polio Syndrome) - John C. Rosenbek and Michelle S. Troche

28. Disorders of Appetite, Eating and Swallowing in the Dementias - Manabu Ikeda and John R. Hodges

29. Dystrophies and Myopathies (including Muscular, Oculopharyngeal) - Safwan Jaradeh

30. Dysphagia Secondary to the Effects of Chemo and Radiation Therapy - Cathy Lazarus

31. Swallowing Syncope - Samer Gawrieh

32. Globus Pha
About the Author:

Dr. Shaker is one the founders of the Dysphagia Research Society and the Medical College of Wisconin's Dysphagia Institute. Dr. Shaker is internationally recognized for his studies of deglutition and deglutition disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease and cerebral cortical control of gastrointestinal sensory motor function. His research has led to some of the seminal discoveries in the area of airway protection and has opened new avenues of investigation and treatment for patients with swallowing disorders. He developed the rehabilitative exercises for treatment of upper esophageal sphincter dysphagia: The `Shaker Exercises` commonly used in clinical practice.