medullary infarction
Conditions
Interventions
transcranial electrical stimulation
Sponsors
Aoyama Kiminori
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
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
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Food Intake LEVEL Scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Swallowing endoscopy Hyodo score Swallowing angiography Oral transit time, pharyngeal transit time, time to elicit swallowing reflex, and distance of hyoid bone movement The Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA) | — |
Contacts
Public ContactKiminori Aoyama
Nagoya City University East Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed