Open Access<p>Association Between Active Gait Training for Severely Disabled Patients with Nasogastric Tube Feeding or Gastrostoma and Recovery of Oral Feeding: A Retrospective Cohort Study</p>
Author(s) -
Hideki Arai,
Jiro Takeuchi,
Masafumi Nozoe,
Tatsuyuki Fukuoka,
Satoru Matsumoto,
Takeshi Morimoto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s270277
Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , cohort , retrospective cohort study , feeding tube , hazard ratio , gait , cohort study , confidence interval , gait training , physical therapy , surgery
This study evaluates the effect of introducing active gait training (AGT) to patients who are severely disabled with nasogastric tube feeding or gastrostoma on the recovery of oral feeding.