Optimal Method for Tongue Strengthening
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Official title
Determining an Optimal Delivery Method for Tongue Strengthening During Swallowing Rehabilitation: Building a Framework for Clinical Practice
Brief summary
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The research team will conduct a multi-site, randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of exercise intensity progression compared to standard practice (no progression) in the context of swallowing rehabilitation. The study will also determine the impact of using biofeedback during resistance training on tongue strength. The study is a first step in determining an optimal delivery of tongue strengthening exercise in typically aging older persons, with the plan to develop a framework for guiding clinical practice of tongue strengthening in various dysphagic populations. Participants will be randomized into one of four treatment groups and complete 8 weeks of tongue resistance training.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04809558
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 87 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 55 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 31, 2021
- Primary completion
- Aug 14, 2022
- Completion
- Aug 14, 2022
- Last update posted
- Nov 21, 2023
2021 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samford University | Birmingham | Alabama | 35229 | — |
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