Affiliation:
1. Neurorehabilitation Unit of the Institute of Lumezzane, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Brescia, Italy
2. Scientific Direction of the Institute of Lumezzane, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Brescia, Italy
3. Neurorehabilitation Unit of the Institute of Castel Goffredo, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Mantova, Italy
4. Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Lumezzane, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Brescia, Italy
Abstract
Purpose:
Almost 90% of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop voice and speech disorders during the course of the disease. Ventilatory dysfunction is one of the main causes. We aimed to evaluate relationships between respiratory impairments and speech/voice changes in PD.
Method:
At Day 15 from admission, in consecutive clinically stable PD patients in a neurorehabilitation unit, we collected clinical data as follows: comorbidities, PD severity, motor function and balance, respiratory function at rest (including muscle strength and cough ability), during exercise-induced desaturation and at night, voice function (Voice Handicap Index [VHI] and acoustic analysis [Praat]), speech disorders (Robertson Dysarthria Profile [RDP]), and postural abnormalities. Based on an arbitrary RDP cutoff, two groups with different dysarthria degree were identified—moderate–severe versus no–mild dysarthria—and compared.
Results:
Of 55 patients analyzed (median value Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part II 9 and Part III 17), we found significant impairments in inspiratory and expiratory muscle pressure (> 90%, both), exercise tolerance at 6-min walking distance (96%), nocturnal (12.7%) and exercise-induced (21.8%) desaturation, VHI (34%), and Praat Shimmer% (89%). Patients with moderate–severe dysarthria (16% of total sample) had more comorbidities/disabilities and worse respiratory pattern and postural abnormalities (camptocormia) than those with no–mild dysarthria. Moreover, the risk of presenting nocturnal desaturation, reduced peak expiratory flow, and cough ability was about 11, 13, and 8 times higher in the moderate–severe group.
Conclusions:
Dysarthria and respiratory dysfunction are closely associated in PD patients, particularly nocturnal desaturation and reduced cough ability. In addition, postural condition could be at the base of both respiratory and voice impairments.
Supplemental Material:
https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.21210944
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association
Subject
Speech and Hearing,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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