A stimulus for eating. The use of neuromuscular transcutaneous electrical stimulation in patients affected by severe dysphagia after subacute stroke: a pilot …

M Simonelli, G Ruoppolo, M Iosa, G Morone… - …, 2019 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a common problem in subacute stroke
patients leading to aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition. Non-invasive neuromuscular …

A pilot study on the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation applied to the pharyngeal motor cortex for dysphagia associated with brainstem involvement in …

DA Restivo, E Alfonsi, A Casabona, S Hamdy… - Clinical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective: we investigated the effect of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
applied over the pharyngeal motor area in dysphagia associated with multiple sclerosis …

Laryngeal vibration increases spontaneous swallowing rates in chronic oropharyngeal dysphagia: A proof-of-principle pilot study

E Kamarunas, SM Wong, CL Ludlow - Dysphagia, 2019 - Springer
Previously, vibratory stimulation increased spontaneous swallowing rates in healthy
volunteers indicating that sensory stimulation excited the neural control of swallowing. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Introducing a virtual lesion model of dysphagia resulting from pharyngeal sensory impairment

P Muhle, I Claus, T Marian, JB Schröder, A Wollbrink… - Neurosignals, 2019 - karger.com
Background/Aims: Performing neurophysiological and functional imaging studies in severely
affected patients to investigate novel neurostimulation techniques for the treatment of …

Changes in the excitability of corticobulbar projections due to intraoral cooling with ice

M Kawakami, S Simeoni, S Tremblay, R Hannah… - Dysphagia, 2019 - Springer
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of ice applied to the oral cavity on the
excitability of corticobulbar projections to the swallowing muscles. The subjects were 8 …

Direct and Indirect Therapy: Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Dysphagia After Stroke

E Michou, A Sasegbon, S Hamdy - Dysphagia: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2019 - Springer
Swallowing problems (dysphagia) are common after brain injury and can affect as many as
50% of patients in the period immediately after stroke. In some cases this can lead to serious …