Factors influencing speech pathology practice in dysphagia after stroke: A qualitative focus group study.

Background: Dysphagia affects over half of adults after stroke. Dysphagia rehabilitation aims to improve swallowing and reduce negative outcomes for these adults. However, significant variability exists in dysphagia rehabilitation.

"One of the biggest grey areas": A focus group study exploring dosage of swallowing exercises from speech-language pathologist perspectives.

: To explore the perspectives and practices of speech-language pathologists on dosage of swallowing exercises in stroke rehabilitation.: Online focus groups involved 20 speech-language pathologists working in various settings across Australia. Focus group data were recorded, deidentified, and analysed using inductive thematic analysis guided by an interpretivist phenomenological approach.

Dosages of swallowing exercises in stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review.

Purpose: To investigate the dosages of swallowing exercises reported in intervention studies on post-stroke dysphagia through systematic review.

Methods: Five electronic databases were searched from inception until February 2022 with reference tracing of included studies. Studies were included, where adults with post-stroke dysphagia received rehabilitative, behavioural swallowing exercises, pre/post outcomes were reported, and intervention dosage was described in detail, including frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise.

Dosages of Swallowing Exercises Prescribed in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Medical Record Audit.

This study investigated how swallowing exercise dosage is recorded, and what swallowing exercise dosages are reported in a stroke rehabilitation setting. We additionally explored the relation between mean daily swallowing repetitions and likelihood of improvement in functional swallowing status and considered how swallowing exercise dosages in practice compared to evidence-based principles of neural plasticity and strength training. We audited medical records for 42 patients with post-stroke dysphagia admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation unit over 18 months.