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Trial reportActa neurologica Belgica2021

Electrical, taste, and temperature stimulation in patients with chronic dysphagia after stroke: a randomized controlled pilot trial.

Paula Cristina Cola, Suely Mayumi Motonaga Onofri, Claudio José Rubira, Cristiane Rodrigues Pedroni, Pere Clavé, Roberta Gonçalves da Silva

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Acta neurologica Belgica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in neurogenic oropharyngeal dysphagia in adults: Part 2 of a scoping 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 · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paula Cristina ColaMedicine Department, Marília University-UNIMAR, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 1001, Mirante, Cep: 17.525-902, Marília,, São Paulo, Brazil. paccola@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-5874
Suely Mayumi Motonaga OnofriDysphagia Research Rehabilitation Center, Graduate of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department, Paulista State University-UNESP, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0983-0444
Claudio José RubiraMedicine Department, Marília University-UNIMAR, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 1001, Mirante, Cep: 17.525-902, Marília,, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2753-7281
Cristiane Rodrigues PedroniGraduate of Physiotherapy Department, Paulista State University-UNESP, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6907-3345
Pere ClavéGastrointestinal Physiology Laboratory, Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-8560
Roberta Gonçalves da SilvaDysphagia Research Rehabilitation Center, Graduate of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department, Paulista State University-UNESP, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-3566
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidade de Marília · BRHospital de Mataró · ES

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2013/03583-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of present study was compare a traditional swallowing therapy program with a new combined swallowing therapy program including neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia after stroke. This pilot study included eight patients with chronic oropharyngeal dysphagia after stroke. These patients underwent traditional therapy with gustative-thermic-tactile stimulation (group A), or a new combined program adding neuromuscular electrical stimulation (group B). Study participants were evaluated before and after the intervention using fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing with temporal measures of posterior oral spillage and whiteout time, functional oral intake scale and a visual analog scale classifies an individual's swallowing ability. The two groups did not differ in terms of posterior oral spillage time, whiteout time and functional oral intake scale. Subjects in group B exhibited significant increases in visual analog scale scores. However, both groups demonstrated improvement with decreases in posterior oral spillage time, increased whiteout time, and increased functional oral intake scale and visual analog scale scores. There was no difference in the parameters studied in both therapeutic programs in individuals with chronic oropharyngeal dysphagia after stroke.

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Electric Stimulation TherapyStroke RehabilitationAgedDeglutitionDeglutition DisordersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsStrokeTreatment OutcomeDeglutition disordersElectric stimulationRehabilitationStrokeTasteTemperature

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PMID33586087
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