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Outpatient Swallowing Therapy for Subjects With Neurological Illness

NCT04595643 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2021-01-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Health care staff in the municipalities do not always have the necessary competencies to treat patients with dysphagia. At the present neurorehabilitation hospital dysphagia examinations for outpatients are provided.

The objective is to investigate the effect of a specialized outpatient dysphagia unit for subjects with dysphagia following neurological illness. Occupational therapists from the outpatient dysphagia unit will train with subjects for 2-3 weeks, and supervise furter training provided by health care staff in the municipalities.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Combination of different dysphagia training modalities

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, Masako exercises, Mendelsohn maneuver, chin down, mobilization, shaker exercises, eating different food consistencies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jesper Fabricius, PhD · Hammel Neurorehabilitation Centre and Univeristy Research Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-01
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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