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Lingual Endurance Exercise in Treating Post-Stroke Dysphagia

NCT05523973 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2025-05-07

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Summary

Aim 1: Determine feasibility of lingual endurance training for individuals with persistent dysphagia after ischemic stroke. Primary outcome measures: % patient adherence (# of attempted repetitions/# prescribed repetitions) and % dose delivery (# of repetitions meeting goal/# prescribed repetitions). Aim 2: Determine preliminary efficacy of lingual endurance training on improving critical aspects of oropharyngeal swallowing (physiologic impairments, clearance of oropharyngeal residue, airway protection), functional oral intake, and patient reported swallowing quality of life in individuals with persistent dysphagia after ischemic stroke. Primary outcome measures: improvement on videofluoroscopic assessment of swallowing function using the gold standard Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile (MBSImP) Overall Impression (OI) score and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) score. Secondary outcome measures: Analysis of Swallow Physiology, Events, Timing and Kinematics (ASPEKT); airway invasion - Penetration Aspiration Scale (PAS). Patient reported outcome measures: EAT-10 (Eating Assessment Tool) and the Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWAL-QoL).

Conditions

  • Dysphagia, Oral Phase
  • Stroke, Ischemic

Interventions

OTHER

Lingual Endurance Training

Participants will participate in 3 training sessions per day for 8 weeks. Some participants will complete 3 sessions of lingual endurance exercise. For example, if the participant completed 100 repetitions during the baseline measurement, they would complete 75 repetitions during their exercise session. Other participants will complete effortful swallows during their 3rd training session. These participants will complete 30 swallows where they are instructed to press their tongue hard on the bulb and swallow their saliva.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Cincinnati

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brittany Krekeler, PhD · University of Cincinnati, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-02
Primary Completion
2023-11-28
Completion
2023-11-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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