Efficacy of swallowing measurement device

JRCT ID: jRCTs042180013

Registered date:13/11/2018

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Patients with dysphagia
• Date of first enrollment: 01/01/2019
• Target sample size: 160
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Measure the hyolaryngeal elevation during swallowing saliva or liquid

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Number of swallows, Duration of hyolaryngeal elevation
• Secondary Outcome: Number of swallows by visual examination, Number of swallows counted by subject, Time measurement of structures movement

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 20age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

Subjects who met all the following criteria
Healthy:
1.No history of stroke, neuromuscular diseases, or heart disease
2.Twenty years of age or more
3.Perceived informed consent of this study
Patients:
1.Dysphagia patients who are inpatient or outpatient of Department of Rehabilitation at Fujita Helath University Hospital
2.Medically stable
3.Twenty years of age or more
4.Perceived informed consent of this study

Exclude criteria

Subjects who are applicable to the following criteria
Healthy:
History of swallowing difficulty, stroke, neuromuscular diseases, organic dysfunction of larynx and pharynx, respiratory diseases, upper digestive diseases
Patients:
1.Medically instable
2.Who cannot do voluntary movement due to impaired consciousness
3.Who cannot follow the command of therapists

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Saitoh Eiichi
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Bando Chemical Industries