The effect of surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation on patients with post-stroke dysphagia

Abstract

Swallowing function in the patients with PSD was significantly improved using TDT combined with NMES. Stimulating electrodes placed at the suprahyoid region or on both suprahyoid and infrahyoid regions resulted in no difference of effect. However, NMES on suprahyoid region could further improve the moving distance of hyoid bone anteriorly.

Effects of Transcutaneous Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Swallowing Disorders

“…No additional articles were included by the manual research of reference lists and citation tracking. At last, 11 studies involving 585 patients were considered eligible for this meta-analysis, 16 – 18 , 27 – 34 and the searching progress was presented in Figure 2 .…”

“…Seven studies were assessed as a low risk of bias in random sequence. 16 , 17 , 29 , 30 , 32 – 34 Only two studies had a low risk of bias in allocation concealment using sealed envelope or independent data coordinating center. 16 , 33 Three studies used sham stimulation as a control, which were classified at low risk of performance bias.…”

Efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on Wilson’s disease patients with dysphagia

“…Recently, it has been widely applied in the clinical setting and has shown to be effective in treating dysphagia in various neurological diseases [8][9][10]13) . Meng et al reported that NMES can significantly improve swallowing function in the patients with post-stroke dysphagia 14) . Park et al considered that NMES is effective in improving the oropharyngeal swallowing function in patients with Parkinson's disease and dysphagia 8) .…”

“…To assess the swallowing function prior and post treatment, water swallow test (WST) was carried out 9,14) . Patients were requested to drink 30 mL lukewarm water.…”

Efficacy of modified chin tuck against resistance exercise using hand‐free device for dysphagia in stroke survivors: A randomised controlled trial

“…Compensatory methods help swallow food in a safer manner through postural change, dietary modifications, etc; however, the effects of these methods are temporary . Therapeutic methods aim to improve swallowing ability through sensory stimulation and strengthening of muscles . Although these methods require more time to improve function than compensatory methods do, they have long‐lasting effects …”