The research is about a prospective study conducted in patients suffering from dysphagia and cervical spine disorders and how they are interrelated. Three questionnaires have been given to patients with neurologic deficits, the first of these investigates the occurence of dysphagia in the three stages of swallowing, the second looks into the quality of life following a stroke or other neurologic damage and the third analyses how cervical spine disorders can affect every day life. After the bedside examination, VFSS or FEES, the patients are submitted to swallowing and cervical resistance exercises in fixed time periods after their hospitalisation. The results will be collected and evaluated using the statistical programme SPSS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
70
Barium, radiation
patients with cervical scoliosis will execute isometric exercises of the cervical spine
food for swallowing
University Hospital of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
change in swallowing ability and quality of life by swal-quol questionnaire
Time frame: at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year
change of swallowing ability by Okuma's questionnaire
Time frame: at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year
change of cervical scoliosis measured by Cobb method in x-rays
Time frame: at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year
change of cervical oswestry disability index
this questionnaire will be distributed only to patients with previous cervical spine problems
Time frame: at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year
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