Clinical trials: Post-stroke Dysphagia
Dysphagia, Stroke
Fostering Eating After Stroke With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Swallowing difficulties are common after a stroke and can lead to serious complications like pneumonia and malnutrition. Unfortunately, there are no effective treatment for improving swallowing in stroke patients.
- Trial name
- FEASt (NCT01919112)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dysphagia
Tongue Pressure Profile Training for Dysphagia Post Stroke
People with swallowing impairment experience particular difficulty swallowing thin liquids safely; the fast flow of liquids makes them difficult to control.
- Trial name
- TPPT (NCT01370083)
- Testing
- Tongue Pressure Profile Training, Tongue-Pressure Strength-and-Accuracy Training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute