Animal Models for Dysphagia Studies: What Have We Learnt So Far.
Rebecca Z German, A W Crompton, Francois D H Gould, Allan J Thexton
PMID 28132098WHAT IT FOUND
No patient outcomes are reported.
This is a conceptual review of animal models for swallowing research, so it does not change therapy practice.
What this paper is
This is a narrative review and conceptual discussion of animal models for dysphagia research. It describes why animal work can clarify swallowing mechanisms and lists examples of models, but it reports no patients, no systematic review methods, and no clinical outcomes, so there is no finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the examples of animal models as evidence that any swallowing treatment works in people. The paper reports no patient outcomes.