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The Effects of Head-lift Exercise on Swallowing Function in Patients with Stroke

Author(s) -

Tae-Woo Kang,

Beom-Ryong Kim

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the korean society of physical medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2287-7215

pISSN - 1975-311X

DOI - 10.13066/kspm.2018.13.2.89

Subject(s) - swallowing , lift (data mining) , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , head and neck , stroke (engine) , physical therapy , cardiology , surgery , computer science , physics , data mining , thermodynamics

PURPOSE: We aimed to study the effect of head-lift exercise on the neck strength and swallowing function in patients with stroke. METHODS: Our study included 20 patients with stroke hemiparesis. All patients were randomly allocated to either the head-lift exercise or the conventional swallowing therapy group, and each group included 10 patients. All patients underwent the exercise over a mean period of 30 min daily for 6 weeks. Neck strength and swallowing function were assessed prior to and 6 weeks following the training period. We used a paired t-test to compare the within-group change before and after the intervention. We used an independent t-test to compare the between-group difference. The statistical

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