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Combined NMES,FEES and Traditional Swallowing Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Stroke-related Dysphagia

NCT01731847 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2012-11-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators aimed to evaluate effects of combined NMES, FEES and traditional swallowing rehabilitation in stroke patients with moderate-to-severe dysphagia.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

the combination group

Patients received 12 sessions of NMES for 1 hour /day, 5 days/week within a period of 2-3 weeks. FEES was done before and after NMES for evaluation and guiding therapy. All patients subsequently received 12 sessions of traditional swallowing rehabilitation (50 minutes/day, 3 days/week) for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shu-Fen Sun, MD · Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan; National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan

  • Chien-Wei Hsu, MD · National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine; Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

  • Huey-Shyan Lin, PHD · School of Nursing, Fooyin University, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-02-29
Completion
2008-02-29

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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