Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04595643
Outpatient Swallowing Therapy for Subjects With Neurological Illness
Outpatient Swallowing Therapy for Subjects With Neurological Illness - a Feasability Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 5 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Combination of different dysphagia training modalities | Neuromuscular electrical stimulation, Masako exercises, Mendelsohn maneuver, chin down, mobilization, shaker exercises, eating different food consistencies. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2020-12-31
- Completion
- 2020-12-31
- First posted
- 2020-10-20
- Last updated
- 2021-01-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04595643. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.