caa a22 4500 467935777 CHVBK 20180406152956.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00455-006-9056-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00455-006-9056-1 Dysphagia Management: An Analysis of Patient Outcomes Using VitalStim™ Therapy Compared to Traditional Swallow Therapy [Elektronische Daten] [Mary Kiger, Catherine Brown, Lynn Watkins] This study compares the outcomes using VitalStim™ therapy to outcomes using traditional swallowing therapy for deglutition disorders. Twenty-two patients had an initial and a followup videofluoroscopic swallowing study or fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and were divided into an experimental group that received VitalStim treatments and a control group that received traditional swallowing therapy. Outcomes were analyzed for changes in oral and pharyngeal phase dysphagia severity, dietary consistency restrictions, and progression from nonoral to oral intake. Results of χ2 analysis showed no statistically significant difference in outcomes between the experimental and control groups. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2007 Dysphagia nationallicence VitalStim™ nationallicence Deglutition nationallicence Deglutition disorders nationallicence Kiger Mary Whitaker Rehabilitation Center, Winston-Salem, USA aut Brown Catherine Thomasville Medical Center, Thomasville, North Carolina, USA aut Watkins Lynn Whitaker Rehabilitation Center, Winston-Salem, USA aut Dysphagia Springer-Verlag 21/4(2006-10-01), 243-253 0179-051X 21:4<243 2006 21 455 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-006-9056-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-006-9056-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kiger Mary Whitaker Rehabilitation Center, Winston-Salem, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown Catherine Thomasville Medical Center, Thomasville, North Carolina, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Watkins Lynn Whitaker Rehabilitation Center, Winston-Salem, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Dysphagia Springer-Verlag 21/4(2006-10-01), 243-253 0179-051X 21:4<243 2006 21 455 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer