The changes of swallowing function and cortical activities after application of high frequency rTMS in elderly dysphagia

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0001755

Enrollment

Registered

2016-01-05

Start date

2016-01-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : Patients were seated in a comfortable reclining chair and a 3 mm diameter pharyngeal catheter (F-EPG-G-15cm-120

Astro-Med, Inc., West Warwick, RI, USA) was inserted nasally and a pair of surface electrodes was placed on the left side thenar muscle. The cranial vertex was identified and marked on the scalp. The

Magstim Co. Ltd., Wales, UK) at suprathreshold intensities over intact cortices to identify the site evoking the greatest pharyngeal response and subsequent colocalized thenar response. The pharyngea

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: A. Older adults (age=65) with dysphagia (confirmed by videofluoroscopic swallowing study) B. History taking : no known history of stroke or other brain dysfunction, head and neck cancer or anatomic alterations in that area, and speech or swallowing difficulties and any medication that can affect swallowing function (confirmed by brain CT) C. Right handed : Edinburgh Handedness Inventory D. Have the tolerability of swallowing training before PET

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: A. Have a definite disease that makes dysphagia B. Have metal implants or pacemakers in their bodies C. Have histories of seizures

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
voxel change in brain after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) (using Statistical Parametric Mapping)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Penetration Aspiration Scale	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJin-Woo Park

Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital

jinwoo.park.md@gmail.com+82-31-961-7484

Outcome results