Letter to Editor Regarding the Article Entitled "Treatment Effects for Dysphagia in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review"

Shahryar Zainaee; Ramin Mahdipour; Hamide Ghaemi

doi:10.1007/s00455-020-10220-0

Letter to Editor Regarding the Article Entitled "Treatment Effects for Dysphagia in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review"

Dysphagia. 2021 Dec;36(6):1114-1115. doi: 10.1007/s00455-020-10220-0. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

Authors

Shahryar Zainaee¹, Ramin Mahdipour², Hamide Ghaemi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Speech Pathology, Paramedical Sciences Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
² Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
³ Department of Speech Pathology, Paramedical Sciences Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. ghaemih@mums.ac.ir.

PMID: 33237365
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-020-10220-0

Abstract

This letter is written to inform an important error in the methodology section of a systematic review article entitled "Treatment Effects for Dysphagia in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review" by Dalal Alali et al., which consequently resulted in a precise paradox probably and inadvertently affecting the search strategy, results, discussion, and/or conclusion of this systematic review.

Keywords: Deglutition; Dysphagia; Multiple sclerosis; Systematic review; Treatment.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adult
Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
Deglutition Disorders* / therapy
Humans
Multiple Sclerosis* / complications