Tomoyuki Ueno received M.D. from University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2001. In 2008 he became a board certified neurologist of the Japanese Society of Neurology, and in 2013 he became a board certified physiatrist of the Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine. From 2006–2011 he was an assistant professor at the department of neurology of Ibaraki Prefectual University, and currently an assistant professor at the department of rehabilitation of the Tsukuba University Hospital. His areas of interest include rehabilitation for stroke patients and dysphagia patients.
Dysphagia can cause serious challenges to both physical and mental health. Aspiration due to dysphagia is a major health risk that could cause pneumonia and even death. The videofluoroscopic swallow study or VFSS, which is considered the gold standard for...
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