Establishment of swallowing rehabilitation method using direct brainstem stimulatio

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: medullary infarction

• Registration Number: JPRN-jRCTs042230080
• Lead Sponsor: Aoyama Kiminori

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-09-15
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1.Men and women between the ages of 18 and 75
2.Patients with medullary infarction with dysphagia
3.Patients must have a MASA dysphagia score of 167 or less and MASA aspiration score of 148 or less as assessed by the Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA), a disability evaluation method
4.Patients who have obtained written consent for participation in this study from the patient or the patient's surrogate.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients with a cardiac pacemaker
2.Patients with metal clips or other metal objects in the cranium
3.Patients with an indwelling catheter in the heart
4.Patients with obvious intracranial hypertension
5.Patients with metals that cannot be confirmed to be non-magnetic (e.g., nerve stimulators, insulin pumps, stents, intraocular metals, etc.) in the body
6.Patients with significant hearing impairment and inability to communicate
7.Women whose pregnancy cannot be ruled out
8.Patients with a family history of epilepsy
9.Other cases deemed inappropriate by the principal/assistant investigator

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food Intake LEVEL Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Swallowing endoscopy Hyodo score<br>Swallowing angiography Oral transit time, pharyngeal transit time, time to elicit swallowing reflex, and distance of hyoid bone movement<br>The Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA)