Cachexia causes weight loss and increased mortality. It affects more than 5 million persons
in the United States. Other causes of weight loss include anorexia, sarcopenia, and …

Enteral is preferred to parenteral nutritional support for acute and chronic diseases because
it is more physiological and associated with fewer infection complications. Nasal tube …

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the use of surface electromyographic feedback in the
treatment of stroke patients with chronic dysphagia. Patients and Methods: Data of 11 …

Abstract Background and Purpose Dysphagia is estimated to occur in up to 50% of the
stroke neurorehabilitation population. Those patients with severe neurogenic oropharyngeal …

The objective of this study was to examine the frequency of dysphagia symptoms and
related consequences in medullary stroke patients admitted to a stroke rehabilitation unit. A …

Dysphagia is a common consequence of stroke, estimated to be present in 25% to 50% of
the stroke rehabilitation population. Relatively few data exist concerning outcome following …

Background: Dysphagia is common after stroke, requiring exclusive enteral feeding in 20%
of patients. Recovery of oral feeding is associated with increased quality of life, better …

Gastrostomy feeding tubes are commonly placed in patients with dysphagia after stroke. The
subsequent removal of the tube is a primary goal during rehabilitation. The purpose of our …

Objective To determine predictors of early recovery of functional swallow in patients who
had gastrostomy (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy [PEG]) placement for dysphagia …

Objective To identify the predictors for the resumption of oral feeding at discharge among
tube feeding-dependent stroke patients admitted to rehabilitation wards. Materials and …