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

Conclusions. Although the direction of observed differences were consistent with PES accelerating swallowing recovery over the first 2 weeks postintervention, suboptimal recruitment prevents definitive conclusions. Our study design experience and outcome data are essential to inform a definitive, multicenter randomized trial.

Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - September 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Vasant, D. H., Michou, E., OLeary, N., Vail, A., Mistry, S., Hamdy, S., Greater Manchester Stroke Research Network Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research