Publications

Daniels K, Chanda A, Berry L, Edke A, Patel P, Wun A, Krisciunas GP. A Survey of Manual Therapy Techniques and Protocols Used to Prevent or Treat Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients During and after Radiation Therapy. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. 2024;13:27536130241263349. doi:10.1177/27536130241263349

Krisciunas GP, Scheel R, Slavin M. Implementing Dysphagia Outcome Assessments into Clinical Settings: Leveraging Principles of Implementation, Dissemination, and Psychometrics. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2024;33(2):707-715. doi:doi:10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00227

Norotsky RL, Dahl KL, Cocroft S, Sauder C, Tracy LF, Stepp CE. Does Implicit Racial Bias Affect Auditory-Perceptual Evaluations of Dysphonic Voices? Journal of Voice. 2023;doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.11.023

Kitila M, Borders JC, Krisciunas GP, McNally E, Pisegna JM. Confidence, Accuracy, and Reliability of Penetration-Aspiration Scale Ratings on Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing by Speech Pathologists. Dysphagia. 2023/11/19 2023;doi:10.1007/s00455-023-10635-5

Amador R, Goebel R, Noordzij JP, Bhatt NK, Cohen S, Daniels K, Tracy L, Yajima M, Krisciunas GP. A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuromodulators to treat chronic airway hypersensitivity. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2023/05/01/ 2023;44(3):103815. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.103815

Aaron AS, Abur D, Volk KP, Noordzij JP, Tracy LF, Stepp CE. The Relationship Between Pitch Discrimination and Fundamental Frequency Variation: Effects of Singing Status and Vocal Hyperfunction. Journal of Voice. 2023;doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.01.008

Speyer R, Cordier R, Denman D, Windsor C, Krisciunas GP, Smithard D, Heijnen BJ. Development of Two Patient Self-Reported Measures on Functional Health Status (FOD) and Health-Related Quality of Life (QOD) in Adults with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Using the Delphi Technique. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022;11(19):5920. doi:10.3390/jcm11195920

Kapsner-Smith MR, Díaz-Cádiz ME, Vojtech JM, Buckley DP, Mehta DD, Hillman RE, Tracy LF, Noordzij JP, Eadie TL, Stepp CE. Clinical Cutoff Scores for Acoustic Indices of Vocal Hyperfunction That Combine Relative Fundamental Frequency and Cepstral Peak Prominence. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2022;65(4):1349-1369. doi:doi:10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00466

Chanda A, Krisciunas GP, Grillone GA. Correlating muscle resection with functional swallow outcomes: An anatomic framework informed systematic review of the literature. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2022/03/01/ 2022;43(2):103386. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2022.103386

Martino R, Fitch MI, Fuller CD, Hope A, Krisciunas G, Langmore SE, Lazarus C, Macdonald CL, McCulloch T, Mills G, Palma DA, Pytynia K, Ringash J, Sultanem K, Theurer J, Thorpe KE, Hutcheson K. The PRO-ACTIVE trial protocol: a randomized study comparing the effectiveness of PROphylACTic swallow InterVEntion for patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. BMC Cancer. 2021/10/13 2021;21(1):1100. doi:10.1186/s12885-021-08826-0

Langmore SE, Krisciunas GP, Warner H, White SD, Dvorkin D, Fink D, McNally E, Scheel R, Higgins C, Levitt JE, McKeehan J, Deane S, Siner JM, Vojnik R, Moss M. Correction to: Abnormalities of Aspiration and Swallowing Function in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure. Dysphagia. 2021/10/01 2021;36(5):842-853. doi:10.1007/s00455-020-10226-8

Abur D, Subaciute A, Kapsner-Smith M, Segina RK, Tracy LF, Noordzij JP, Stepp CE. Impaired auditory discrimination and auditory-motor integration in hyperfunctional voice disorders. Scientific Reports. 2021/06/23 2021;11(1):13123. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-92250-8

Halevi-Katz D, Sella O, Golan H, Banai K, Van Swearingen J, Krisciunas GP, Abbott KV. Buteyko Breathing Technique for Exertion-Induced Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion (EI-PVFM). Journal of Voice. 2021;35(1):40-51. doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.07.017

Silbergleit AK, Schultz L, Krisciunas G, Langmore S. Association of Neck Range of Motion and Skin Caliper Measures on Dysphagia Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer and Effects of Neck Stretches and Swallowing Exercises. Dysphagia. 2020/04/01 2020;35(2):360-368. doi:10.1007/s00455-019-10037-6

Moss M, White SD, Warner H, Dvorkin D, Fink D, Gomez-Taborda S, Higgins C, Krisciunas GP, Levitt JE, McKeehan J, McNally E, Rubio A, Scheel R, Siner JM, Vojnik R, Langmore SE. Development of an Accurate Bedside Swallowing Evaluation Decision Tree Algorithm for Detecting Aspiration in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors. CHEST. 2020;158(5):1923-1933. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.051

Krisciunas GP, Langmore SE, Gomez-Taborda S, Fink D, Levitt JE, McKeehan J, McNally E, Scheel R, Rubio AC, Siner JM, Vojnik R, Warner H, White SD, Moss M. The Association Between Endotracheal Tube Size and Aspiration (During Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors. Critical Care Medicine. 2020;48(11):1604-1611. doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000004554

Van Daele DJ, Langmore SE, Krisciunas GP, Lazarus CL, Pauloski BR, McCulloch TM, Gramigna GD, Messing BP, Wagner CW, Mott SL. The impact of time after radiation treatment on dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer enrolled in a swallowing therapy program. Head & Neck. 2019;41(3):606-614. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.25344

McNally E, Krisciunas GP, Langmore SE, Crimlisk JT, Pisegna JM, Massaro J. Oral Care Clinical Trial to Reduce Non–Intensive Care Unit, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: Lessons for Future Research. The Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ). 2019;41(1):1-9. doi:10.1097/jhq.0000000000000131

Krisciunas GP, Vakharia A, Lazarus C, Taborda SG, Martino R, Hutcheson K, McCulloch T, Langmore SE. Application of Manual Therapy for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Preliminary National Survey of Treatment Trends and Adverse Events. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2019;8:2164956119844151. doi:10.1177/2164956119844151

Borders JC, Fink D, Levitt JE, McKeehan J, McNally E, Rubio A, Scheel R, Siner JM, Taborda SG, Vojnik R, Warner H, White SD, Langmore SE, Moss M, Krisciunas GP. Relationship Between Laryngeal Sensation, Length of Intubation, and Aspiration in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure. Dysphagia. 2019/08/01 2019;34(4):521-528. doi:10.1007/s00455-019-09980-1

Crimlisk JT, Krisciunas GP, Sipe MH, Winter MR, Gonzalez RM, Grillone GA. Emergency Airway Response Team (EART) Documentation: Criteria, Feasibility, and Usability. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly. 2018;41(4):426-438. doi:10.1097/cnq.0000000000000230

Crimlisk JT, Krisciunas GP, Grillone GA, Gonzalez RM, Winter MR, Griever SC, Fernandes E, Medzon R, Blansfield JS, Blumenthal A. Emergency Airway Response Team Simulation Training: A Nursing Perspective. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. 2017;36(5):290-297. doi:10.1097/dcc.0000000000000261

Grillone GA, Wang Z, Krisciunas GP, Tsai AC, Kannabiran VR, Pistey RW, Zhao Q, Rodriguez-Diaz E, A’Amar OM, Bigio IJ. The color of cancer: Margin guidance for oral cancer resection using elastic scattering spectroscopy. The Laryngoscope. 2017;127(S4):S1-S9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.26763

Meyer TK, Pisegna JM, Krisciunas GP, Pauloski BR, Langmore SE. Residue influences quality of life independently of penetration and aspiration in head and neck cancer survivors. The Laryngoscope. 2017;127(7):1615-1621. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.26387

Lawson N, Krisciunas GP, Langmore SE, Castellano K, Sokoloff W, Hayatbakhsh R. Comparing dysphagia therapy in head and neck cancer patients in Australia with international healthcare systems. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2017/03/04 2017;19(2):128-138. doi:10.3109/17549507.2016.1159334

Krisciunas GP, Castellano K, McCulloch TM, Lazarus CL, Pauloski BR, Meyer TK, Graner D, Van Daele DJ, Silbergleit AK, Crujido LR, Rybin D, Doros G, Kotz T, Langmore SE. Impact of Compliance on Dysphagia Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Results from a Multi-center Clinical Trial. Dysphagia. 2017/04/01 2017;32(2):327-336. doi:10.1007/s00455-016-9760-4

Kaneoka A, Pisegna JM, Krisciunas GP, Nito T, LaValley MP, Stepp CE, Langmore SE. Variability of the Pressure Measurements Exerted by the Tip of Laryngoscope During Laryngeal Sensory Testing: A Clinical Demonstration. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 2017;26(3):729-736. doi:doi:10.1044/2017_AJSLP-16-0006

Tsai AC, Krisciunas GP, Brook C, Basa K, Gonzalez M, Crimlisk J, Silva J, Grillone GA. Comprehensive Emergency Airway Response Team (EART) Training and Education:Impact on Team Effectiveness, Personnel Confidence, and Protocol Knowledge. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2016;125(6):457-463. doi:10.1177/0003489415619178

Krisciunas GP, Platt M, Trojanowska M, Grillone GA, Haines PC, Langmore SE. A Novel In Vivo Protocol for Molecular Study of Radiation-Induced Fibrosis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2016;125(3):228-234. doi:10.1177/0003489415607527

Langmore SE, McCulloch TM, Krisciunas GP, Lazarus CL, Van Daele DJ, Pauloski BR, Rybin D, Doros G. Efficacy of electrical stimulation and exercise for dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer: A randomized clinical trial. Head & Neck. 2016;38(S1):E1221-E1231. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.24197

Krisciunas GP, Golan H, Marinko LN, Pearson W, Jalisi S, Langmore SE. A novel manual therapy programme during radiation therapy for head and neck cancer – our clinical experience with five patients. Clinical Otolaryngology. 2016;41(4):425-431. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.12535

O’Dea MB, Langmore SE, Krisciunas GP, Walsh M, Zanchetti LL, Scheel R, McNally E, Kaneoka AS, Guarino AJ, Butler SG. Effect of Lidocaine on Swallowing During FEES in Patients With Dysphagia. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2015;124(7):537-544. doi:10.1177/0003489415570935

Kaneoka A, Krisciunas GP, Walsh K, Raade AS, Langmore SE. A Comparison of 2 Methods of Endoscopic Laryngeal Sensory Testing:A Preliminary Study. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 2015;124(3):187-193. doi:10.1177/0003489414550241

Kaneoka AS, Langmore SE, Krisciunas GP, Field K, Scheel R, McNally E, Walsh MJ, O’Dea MB, Cabral H. The Boston Residue and Clearance Scale: Preliminary Reliability and Validity Testing. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. 2014;65(6):312-317. doi:10.1159/000365006