The effects of resistance training of swallowing muscles on dysphagia in older people: A cluster, randomized, controlled trial

Nutrition
H WakabayashiHiroko Ichikawa

Abstract

This study examined the effects of resistance training of swallowing muscles in community-dwelling older individuals with dysphagia. A cluster randomized controlled trial was performed in day-service and day-care facilities. The participants were older (≥65 y) community-dwelling individuals with dysphagia. The intervention group performed a tongue resistance exercise and a head flexion exercise against manual resistance. Both groups received a brochure on dysphagia rehabilitation. The primary endpoint was an improvement in dysphagia assessed by the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) score. Tongue pressure was the secondary endpoint. Participants included 47 men and 57 women, with a mean age ± standard deviation of 80 ± 7 y. At baseline, the median EAT-10 score was 7 (interquartile range, 5-12). A total of 91 patients, 43 in the intervention group (8 clusters) versus 48 in the control group (11 clusters), were assessed postintervention. The percentage of participants with EAT-10 scores <3 was not statistically significantly different between the two groups (intervention group, 23% versus control group, 19%, P = 0.598). Postintervention median EAT-10 scores were 6 (interquartile range, 3-10) in each group (P = 0.665) and mean tongue...Continue Reading

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Dec 7, 2019·Geriatrics & Gerontology International·Tatsuma OkazakiTakae Ebihara
Mar 7, 2020·Dysphagia·Brittany N KrekelerNadine P Connor
Jan 11, 2019·Geriatrics & Gerontology International·Ichiro FujishimaYoshihiro Yoshimura
Aug 9, 2019·International Journal of Dental Hygiene·Kyoungsan Seo, Han-Na Kim
Dec 21, 2018·The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging·H WakabayashiT Murakami
Aug 11, 2020·Geriatrics & Gerontology International·Yoshihiro YoshimuraAi Shiraishi
Feb 24, 2021·Dysphagia·Hidetaka WakabayashiUNKNOWN Japanese Working Group on Sarcopenic Dysphagia

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