Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2019
Effects of the head lift exercise and neuromuscular electrical stimulation on swallowing muscles activity in healthy older adults: a randomized pilot study.
Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for older adults with oral frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
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- Review of the effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the treatment of dysphagia - an update.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Multidirectional Head Lift Exercise Based on Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques on Oropharyngeal Swallowing Muscles in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Oral Frailty.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Effects of the Head Lift and Recline Exercise Regimens on the Neuromuscular Control of Functional Swallowing in Older Adults: An Electromyography Study Revealing Potential Differential Mechanisms.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2025Trial
- A Missing Voice: The Lingual Complex and Osteopathic Manual Medicine in the Context of Five Osteopathic Models.Cureus · 2021Review
- A comparison of the head lift exercise and recline exercise in patients with chronic head and neck cancer post-radiation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeSwallowing physiology exhibits several changes in advanced ages. The present study aimed to investigate and compare effects of a period of the head lift exercise (HLE) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on swallowing muscles activity in healthy elderly. PATIENTS AND
methodsA total of 23 older adults were randomized to either the HLE or NMES group for ten therapy sessions. They received pre- and post-therapy surface electromyography (sEMG) during water swallowing.
resultsFor the HLE group, duration of suprahyoid muscles activity was significantly reduced at post-intervention compared to pre-intervention (
conclusionOur findings suggest that the HLE, against the NMES, may be effective in reducing some aging effects on the suprahyoid muscles activity, especially in elders who demonstrate prolonged duration and latency between onset and peak of the suprahyoid muscles activity during swallowing.
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