Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves swallowing initiation in patients with post-stroke dysphagia.

Objective: More than half of post-stroke patients develop dysphagia, which manifests as delayed swallowing and is associated with a high risk of aspiration. In this study, we aimed to investigate the immediate effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on swallowing initiation in post-stroke patients using videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) data.

Materials And Methods: This randomized, self-controlled crossover study included 35 patients with post-stroke dysphagia.

Effect of Intensive Oropharyngeal Training on Radiotherapy-Related Dysphagia in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of intensive oropharyngeal functional training on swallowing in patients with dysphagia after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Methods: Fourteen patients with nasopharyngeal carcinomas and dysphagia after radiotherapy received intensive oropharyngeal training for two weeks. The Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) and videofluoroscopic swallowing studies (VFSS) were used to evaluate swallowing function before and after intensive oropharyngeal training.

Evidence of cortical reorganization of language networks after stroke with subacute Broca's aphasia: a blood oxygenation level dependent-functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that is a common consequence of stroke. The pathogenesis of the disease is not fully understood, and as a result, current treatment options are not satisfactory. Here, we used blood oxygenation level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate the activation of bilateral cortices in patients with Broca's aphasia 1 to 3 months after stroke.

[Effect of balloon dilatation on upper esophageal sphincter in brainstem stroke patients with dysphagia: an investigation using high-resolution solid-state manometry].

Objective: To explore the effects of balloon dilation intervention on function of upper esophageal sphincter ( UES) in brainstem stroke patients with dysphagia before and after treatment by high resolution solid-state manometry.

Methods: Thirty brainstem stroke patients with pharyngeal dysphagia were recruited. The dilatation treatment group ( n = 15) completed a 3-week regimen of modified balloon dilatation and traditional swallowing including E-stim, Mendelsohn Maneuver and supraglottic swallowing.