Adjunctive Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for the Rehabilitation of Swallowing
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Official title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of NMES vs. Traditional Dysphagia Therapy After Stroke
Brief summary
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Neuromuscular Electrical stimulation (NMES) for swallowing has recently been proposed for the treatment of dysphagia post stroke and is clinically receiving favor as a treatment modality, in the absence of strong research support. This study aims to investigate the effect of NMES therapy for dysphagia upon recovery of swallowing function following stroke. The study will follow a pilot randomized controlled trial design. Fifty one patients admitted to a sub-acute rehabilitation facility will be clinically screened for dysphagia, and randomized into one of three groups, NMES, sham NMES or usual care -behavioral swallowing therapy arm. All patients will be treated for one hour per day for 3 weeks, and their progress and outcome will be monitored. The results will add to the preliminary data on the effectiveness of this form of swallowing treatment for patients following stroke, and has the potential to enable more efficient allocation of resources to post-acute rehabilitation and thus benefit afforded to stroke patients, and the community.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01279824
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 53 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years to 90 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2008
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2010
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2011
- Last update posted
- Jan 4, 2012
2008 – 2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation | Chattanooga | Tennessee | 37403 | — |
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