Prevalence of Gag Reflex in Healthy Persons and Across Different Patient Groups and Its Relevance in Dysphagia Screening

NCT04866251 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 700

Last updated 2024-07-08

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Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of gag reflex in healthy young and healthy older subjects as well as in acute stroke patients, in patients with Parkinsons´s Disease, Myasthenia gravis, Multiple Sclerosis and in geriatric patients.

Conditions

  • Neurological Diseases or Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Gag reflex test; assessment of Mallampati Score

Testing of gag reflex Assessment of Mallampati Score

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Giessen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tobias Braun, MD · University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Giessen

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-10
Primary Completion
2024-07-01
Completion
2024-07-01

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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