Dysphagia and Cervical Spine Disorders in Patients With Brain Lesions

Dysphagia and Cervical Spine Disorders in Patients With Neurologic Deficits Due to Brain Lesions

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01418105

Acronym

DysphagCerv

Enrollment

Registered

2011-08-16

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2016-10-31

Last updated

2016-10-26

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Conditions

Prevention, Rehabilitation

Keywords

spine injuries, brain lesions, dysphagia

Brief summary

The research is about a prospective study conducted in patients suffering from dysphagia and cervical spine disorders and how they are interrelated. Three questionnaires have been given to patients with neurologic deficits, the first of these investigates the occurence of dysphagia in the three stages of swallowing, the second looks into the quality of life following a stroke or other neurologic damage and the third analyses how cervical spine disorders can affect every day life. After the bedside examination, VFSS or FEES, the patients are submitted to swallowing and cervical resistance exercises in fixed time periods after their hospitalisation. The results will be collected and evaluated using the statistical programme SPSS.

Interventions

PROCEDUREVideofluroscopic swallow study (VFSS)

Barium, radiation

PROCEDUREcervical spine isometric exercises

patients with cervical scoliosis will execute isometric exercises of the cervical spine

PROCEDUREFiberoptic endoscopic esophageal study (FEES)

food for swallowing

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

25 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* brain lesions and cervical spine disorders

Exclusion criteria

* age * peripheral damages

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
change in swallowing ability and quality of life by swal-quol questionnaire	at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year
change of swallowing ability by Okuma's questionnaire	at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year
change of cervical scoliosis measured by Cobb method in x-rays	at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
change of cervical oswestry disability index	at the time of admittance to the rehabilitation department (baseline), at six weeks, at one year	this questionnaire will be distributed only to patients with previous cervical spine problems

Countries

Greece

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026