This test evaluates your swallowing. Pharyngeal and upper sphincter manometry can detect the sphincter's (muscle that maintains constriction of a natural body passage) failure to relax and assess the coordination between the contraction of the pharynx and the relaxation of the upper esophageal sphincter.
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