Physical Disabilities Branch

Shown here is a videofluoroscopic image of a patient swallowing a liquid barium mixture. This technique of viewing dynamic swallowing physiology within the human body, used routinely by our Oral Motor Function Section, is the current gold standard for studying normal and abnormal swallowing. (details)

This set of "walking-legs" is a computer-simulated skeleton and associated musculature. Although the bones and muscles were generated by computer, the data used to animate them was precisely recorded from a real patient using a "motion-capture system". In this way, our scientists can study, analyze, and sometimes improve how people walk.
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* The Physical Disabilities Branch is a collaboration between the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, NIH.

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