Respiratory muscle training in stroke patients with respiratory muscle weakness, dysphagia, and dysarthria – a prospective randomized trial

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 99; no. 10; p. e19337
• Main Authors: Liaw, Mei-Yun, Hsu, Chia-Hao, Leong, Chau-Peng, Liao, Ching-Yi, Wang, Lin-Yi, Lu, Cheng-Hsien, Lin, Meng-Chih
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.03.2020; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Breathing Exercises - methods; Breathing Exercises - standards; Clinical Trial/Experimental Study; Deglutition Disorders - etiology; Deglutition Disorders - physiopathology; Deglutition Disorders - therapy; Dysarthria - etiology; Dysarthria - physiopathology; Dysarthria - therapy; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Weakness - etiology; Muscle Weakness - physiopathology; Muscle Weakness - therapy; Prospective Studies; Respiratory Muscles - physiopathology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stroke - complications; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke - therapy

To examine the efficacy of combined inspiratory and expiratory respiratory muscle training (RMT) with respect to the swallowing function, pulmonary function, functional performance, and dysarthria in patients with stroke. Prospective, randomized controlled trial. Tertiary hospital. The trial include...