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Swallowing Training in Parkinson's Disease

NCT01131494 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2011-11-08

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Summary

Dysphagia in Parkinson's disease(PD) is common and its presence is related to motor and sensory abnormalities, and incoordination between swallowing and breathing. Despite harming as respiratory infections and increased risk of death, treatment of this condition remains uncertain. This study aims to evaluate the effect of oral motor exercises on the swallowing dynamics and quality of life of dysphagic Parkinson's disease patients. This study is an open trial, self-paired and blinded to the examiner. The participants will perform oropharyngeal exercises for five weeks and will be evaluated before and after intervention by swallowing videofluoroscopy and questionnaires about quality of life in dysphagia (SWAL-QOL).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Motor exercises for swallowing, breathing and phonation

This exercises aimed to increase strength and range of motion of mouth, larynx and pharynx structures. All patients made sustained vowel phonation of /a/, pushing plosive phonemes /pa/, /ta/, /ka/ in a forceful manner, suction of wet gauze, swallowing with tongue hold and modified supraglottic maneuver, in ten repetitions, ascending and descending gliding phonation of vowel /a/ and /u/, five repetitions of each vowel, and tongue rotation in oral vestibule, 3 series of 5 repetitions to each side. Patients underwent oral motor exercises twice a day, five days a week, for five weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Bahia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Caline Nóbrega, PhD · Federal University of Bahia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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