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ArticleEXCLI journal2020

The effects of spaced transcranial Direct Current Stimulation combined with conventional dysphagia therapy in Parkinson's disease: A case report.

Ali Akbar Dashtelei, Michael A Nitsche, Jalal Bakhtiari, Seyed Amirhassan Habibi, Mojtaba Sepandi, Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi

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Article in EXCLI journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ali Akbar DashteleiSpeech Therapy Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Michael A NitscheDepartment Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany.
Jalal BakhtiariSpeech Therapy Department, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Amirhassan HabibiDepartment of Neurology, Rasoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Mojtaba SepandiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Baqyiatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad Reza KhatoonabadiSpeech Therapy Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRBG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum · DERasool Akram Hospital · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system that is characterized by a set of motor and non-motor symptoms. Impaired swallowing or dysphagia is one relatively common motor symptom in patients with PD. We investigated whether neuroplasticity induction by spaced transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) combined with conventional swallowing therapy leads to long-lasting effects on swallowing ability in patients with PD. We present a case of a 61-year-old male PD patient with dysphagia. Conventional Swallowing Therapy (CDT) combined with tDCS (bilateral anodal, 1 mA, 20 min, 10 online sessions, twice daily with a 20 min interval in between for five days over two weeks) was applied over the pharyngeal motor cortex. Our findings suggest that anodal tDCS combined with CDT is feasible, safe, and well-tolerated, and leads to a clinically relevant improvement of swallowing functions.

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dysphagianon-invasive brain stimulationParkinson's diseaseswallowing rehabilitationtranscranial Direct Current Stimulation

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