Dysphagia and Cervical Spine Disorders in Patients With Brain Lesions (DysphagCerv)

University of Ioannina

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Prevention

Treatments: Procedure: Videofluroscopic swallow study (VFSS); Procedure: cervical spine isometric exercises; Procedure: Fiberoptic endoscopic esophageal study (FEES)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01418105

85/2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research is about a prospective study conducted in patients suffering from dysphagia and cervical spine disorders and how they are interrelated. Three questionnaires have been given to patients with neurologic deficits, the first of these investigates the occurence of dysphagia in the three stages of swallowing, the second looks into the quality of life following a stroke or other neurologic damage and the third analyses how cervical spine disorders can affect every day life. After the bedside examination, VFSS or FEES, the patients are submitted to swallowing and cervical resistance exercises in fixed time periods after their hospitalisation. The results will be collected and evaluated using the statistical programme SPSS.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• brain lesions and cervical spine disorders

Exclusion criteria

• age
• peripheral damages

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 3 patient groups

Videofluroscopic swallow study (VFSS)

Active Comparator group

Description:

To investigate the swallowing ability of patients with neurologic problems

Treatment:

Procedure: Videofluroscopic swallow study (VFSS)

cervical spine isometric excercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

isometric exercises in patients with cervical spine scoliosis

Treatment:

Procedure: cervical spine isometric exercises

Fiberoptic endoscopic esophageal study (FEES)

Active Comparator group

Description:

To investigate the anatomic structures during swallowing of patients with neurologic problems

Treatment:

Procedure: Fiberoptic endoscopic esophageal study (FEES)