Pharyngeal Electrical Stimulation in Dysphagia Poststroke: A Prospective, Randomized Single-Blinded Interventional Study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 866-875

  Vasant, Dipesh H ^a,b   Michou, Emilia ^a,b   O'Leary, Neil ^a   Vail, Andy ^a,b   Mistry, Satish ^a,b   Hamdy, Shaheen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dysphagia; electrical stimulation; neurostimulation; pharynx; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHAGIA SEVERITY RATING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATION ASPIRATION SCALE; PHARYNGEAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SWALLOWING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTROTHERAPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84987768409     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968316639129     Document Type: Article

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