Yamada Y, et al. - In adult patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), researchers examined swallowing status, prospectively analyzed the prognosis of swallowing function over the course of 6 years, as well as identified clinical factors related to prognosis. Eighty-one patients with DMD were enrolled in this analysis, and using the Neuromuscular Disease Swallowing Status Scale (NdSSS), swallowing status was evaluated every 2 years for 6 years. It was observed that in patients with adult DMD, swallowing status declined over time. Findings suggested that initial NdSSS was a predictor of future swallowing status.