Swallowing Training in Parkinson's Disease

Federal University of Bahia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Voice Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Deglutition Disorders

Treatments: Other: Motor exercises for swallowing, breathing and phonation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01131494

249/2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dysphagia in Parkinson's disease(PD) is common and its presence is related to motor and sensory abnormalities, and incoordination between swallowing and breathing. Despite harming as respiratory infections and increased risk of death, treatment of this condition remains uncertain. This study aims to evaluate the effect of oral motor exercises on the swallowing dynamics and quality of life of dysphagic Parkinson's disease patients. This study is an open trial, self-paired and blinded to the examiner. The participants will perform oropharyngeal exercises for five weeks and will be evaluated before and after intervention by swallowing videofluoroscopy and questionnaires about quality of life in dysphagia (SWAL-QOL).

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease
• Complaint of dysphagia

Exclusion criteria

• Hoehn and Yahr stage 5
• Other neurological conditions
• Therapy for swallowing in the last 3 months
• Cognitive disorders
• Psychiatric disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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17 participants in 1 patient group

Swallowing exercises

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Motor exercises for swallowing, breathing and phonation