Electrical stimulation-supported voice exercises are superior to voice exercise therapy alone in patients with unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis: Results from a prospective, randomized clinical trial

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1005-1011

  Ptok, Martin ^a   Strack, Daniela ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Prospective, randomized trial; Unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; Voice treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM PHONATION TIME; PARAMETER; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL FOLD IRREGULARITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 49449085413     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21063     Document Type: Article

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