Functional benefits of dysphagia therapy using adjunctive sEMG biofeedback

    Authors

    M. A. Crary; G. D. Carnaby; M. E. Groher;E. Helseth

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Dysphagia

    Keywords

    dysphagia; swallowing; therapy; sEMG; biofeedback; stroke; head/neck; cancer; deglutition; deglutition disorders; STROKE; Otorhinolaryngology

    Abstract

    This article describes a retrospective analysis of functional outcome, time in therapy, and cost per unit of functional change in patients who received therapy for pharyngeal dysphagia. Twenty-five patients presenting dysphagia following stroke and 20 patients with dysphagia following treatment for head/ neck cancer completed a systematic therapy program supplemented with surface electromyographic (sEMG) biofeedback. Eighty-seven percent (39/45) of all patients increased their functional oral intake of food/liquid including 92% of stroke patients and 80% of head/neck cancer patients. Patients with dysphagia following stroke demonstrated greater improvement than those in the head/neck cancer group. Patients in the stroke group completed more therapy sessions thus increasing the total cost of therapy, but they made more functional progress resulting in lower costs per unit of functional change than patients in the head/neck cancer group. Limitations of this study are described in reference to implications for future clinical research on the efficacy of this therapy approach.

    Journal Title

    Dysphagia

    Volume

    19

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    160

    Last Page

    164

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000223496600003

    ISSN

    0179-051X

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