The effect of press tack needles on the swallowing reflex in the elderly.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- aspiration pneumonia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000002133
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Traditional Asian Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
patients obviously showing a symptom of pneumonia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of swallowing reflex.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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