Poster 374: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia Treatment Following an Acute Stroke

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (11) ◽  
pp. e141-e142
Author(s):  
Gouri Chaudhuri ◽  
Susan L. Brady ◽  
Rachel Caldwell ◽  
Andrea Quill
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Dysphagia Treatment

Preliminary outcomes in transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation use in patients with dysphagia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (31) ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
Codrut Sarafoleanu ◽  
Raluca Enache
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Neurodegenerative Disorders ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Congenital Abnormalities ◽  
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Therapy Options ◽  
Dysphagia Treatment ◽  
Risk Of Aspiration

Abstract Dysphagia is a common disorder associated with a large number of etiologies like aging, stroke, traumatic brain injury, head and neck cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, structural changes or congenital abnormalities. The type of the treatment and its results depend on the type, severity and the cause of dysphagia. The primary goal of dysphagia treatment is to improve the swallowing process and decrease the risk of aspiration. Along with the existing rehabilitation swallowing treatments, new adjunctive therapy options developed, one of them being the neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES). The authors present the principles of NMES, a small literature review about the results of this therapy and their experience in using transcutaneous NMES in dysphagia patients.

scholarly journals EFFICACY OF FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FNMES) IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF HAND FUNCTIONS IN ACUTE STROKE SURVIVALS

2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Mohamed Faisal C. K. ◽  
Priyabandani Neha Om Prakash ◽  
Ajith S.
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Hand Function ◽  
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Hand Functions ◽  
Conventional Physiotherapy ◽  
Block Test ◽  
Experimental Group

AbstractStroke is a worldwide health problem. Hand function is one of the important factors which are affected in stroke. Stroke patients are usually given a conventional physiotherapy but if an additional FNMES is given it might show better improvement. By keeping these facts in view, the present study aims at evaluating and comparing the efficacy of conventional physiotherapy and adding FNMES will make any better outcome in the acute stroke survivals. The subjects were randomly assigned to any of the two groups; control group consisted of 15 subjects who received only conventional therapy for 4 weeks and experimental group consisting of 15 subjects who received an additional FNMES along with conventional physiotherapy for 4 weeks. The hand function was assessed on day 1 and to know the recovery, at the end of four weeks of intervention with the help of action research arm test (ARAT) and box and block test (BBT). At the end of 4 weeks of intervention both the groups showed significant improvements. On ARAT, control group showed a mean of 10.2000 whereas, experimental group showed mean of 20.8000 with p = 0.001 (p ≤ 0.05) and on BBT, the control group showed a mean of 21.666 and experimental group showed 30.933 with p = 0.41 (p ≤ S 0.05). Therefore the study concludes that, though there was improvement in both the groups, the experimental group who received an additional FNMES along with conventional physiotherapy showed better improvement in hand functions in the acute stroke survivals.

Article 6 Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Efficacy in Acute Stroke Tube Dependent Dysphagia

2011 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 1691-1692
Author(s):  
David Kushner ◽  
Kenneth Peters ◽  
Stacy Thomashaw-Eroglu ◽  
Perless Melissa ◽  
Douglas Johnson-Greene
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

scholarly journals Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Surface Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to the Shoulder After Acute Stroke

Stroke ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 2995-3001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Church ◽  
Christopher Price ◽  
Anand D. Pandyan ◽  
Stuart Huntley ◽  
Richard Curless ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Effect Of Surface

Point/Counterpoint: Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia: The Argument for Electrical Stimulation for Dysphagia

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Carter
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Treatment Approaches ◽  
Traditional Therapy ◽  
Positive Difference ◽  
Dysphagia Treatment

This article is one side of the debate about the use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES or “VitalStim”) in dysphagia treatment and presents the case supporting the use of this modality. I present published results of clinical trials examining the effectiveness of NMES and acknowledge some flaws in the trials. The evidence shows that, when added to traditional therapy, NMES makes a statistically significant positive difference for a variety of traditional treatment approaches to which it may be added.

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