The impact of physical therapy intervention of dysphagia on preventing pneumonia in acute stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial.
Moshera DarwishMohammed S El-TamawyAya MahmoudAhmed S AliHeba A KhalifaPublished in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2024)
Before treatment, all patients were susceptible to pneumonia after two and 4 weeks of intervention; there were a significant increase in GUSS score in both groups with more improvement in favor of the study group (p < 0.05) and a statistically significant increase in incidence of SAP after 2 weeks of intervention only in the control group (p < 0.05). The results also showed a significant negative correlation between GUSS score and SAP (r = - 0.3662, p = 0.0018) IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE: adding physical therapy (exercise therapy and neuromuscular electrical stimulation) to oral care and nasogastric tube feeding is effective in improving oropharyngeal dysphagia and decreasing the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in acute ischemic stroke patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- respiratory failure
- oxidative stress
- physical activity
- palliative care
- mesenchymal stem cells
- intensive care unit
- high intensity
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- patient reported outcomes
- pain management
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- hepatitis b virus
- brain injury
- preterm birth
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- community acquired pneumonia
- affordable care act