NCT01731847

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

Combined Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) With Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) and Traditional Swallowing Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Stroke-related Dysphagia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed description

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)and Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) are both promising approaches to enhance swallowing recovery for dysphagic patients. However, there is no literature on the effectiveness of combined application of these modalities in the treatment of patients with poststroke dysphagia. The purpose of this study was to prospectively investigate whether combined NMES, FEES and traditional swallowing rehabilitation can improve swallowing functions in patients with moderate-to-severe dysphagia after stroke.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-02-01
• Primary completion: 2008-02-01
• Completion: 2008-02-01
• First posted: 2012-11-22
• Last updated: 2012-11-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan