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Trial reportDysphagia2019

Effects of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Swallowing Function and Quality of Life of Post-stroke Patients.

Nezehat Özgül Ünlüer, Çağrı Mesut Temuçin, Numan Demir, Selen Serel Arslan, Aynur Ayşe Karaduman

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Dysphagia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Evidence based therapeutic and assessment techniques to rehabilitate post stroke dysphagia patients-A systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  16. Impact of rTMS and iTBS on Cerebral Hemodynamics and Swallowing in Unilateral Stroke: Insights from fNIRS.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nezehat Özgül ÜnlüerFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, 06760, Çubuk, Ankara, Turkey. nunluer80@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-0738
Çağrı Mesut TemuçinFaculty of Medicine Neurology Department, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sıhhıye, Ankara, Turkey.
Numan DemirFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sıhhıye, Ankara, Turkey.
Selen Serel ArslanFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sıhhıye, Ankara, Turkey.
Aynur Ayşe KaradumanFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, 06100, Sıhhıye, Ankara, Turkey.
Hacettepe University · TRAnkara University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is one of the non-invasive techniques, which is used to modulate cortical regions in patients with stroke. The aim of this single blind, controlled study was to investigate the effect of rTMS on swallowing function and quality of life of mono-hemispheric post-stroke patients with dysphagia. Twenty-eight patients were randomized and split between study and control group. Each group received conventional dysphagia rehabilitation 3 days a week for 4 weeks, and study group also received 1 Hz rTMS to unaffected hemisphere in the final week. The descriptive information was noted. The clinical and radiological swallowing evaluation and quality of life assessment have been performed at four different times including before and after the treatment, 1 month and 3 months after the treatment. At baseline, no significant differences were observed between groups in terms of demographic and clinical features (p > 0.05). Swallowing function and quality of life of the patients were statistically improved in both groups towards the third month (p < 0.05). Swallowing function was comparable between two groups. However, a significant improvement was observed on appetite, fear of eating, and mental health parameters of quality of life assessment in the study group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). In conclusion, despite positive changes in some aspects of quality of life, rTMS did not enhance the swallowing function when compared conventional dysphagia rehabilitation. Therefore, the application of 1 Hz rTMS should be reconsidered to improve swallowing function in the chronic period.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeAgedDeglutitionDeglutition DisordersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSingle-Blind MethodStrokeStroke RehabilitationTranscranial Magnetic StimulationTreatment OutcomeDeglutitionDeglutition disordersQuality of lifeRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationStroke

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