Three-stage swallowing rehabilitation for stroke patients with dysphagia / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of three- stage swallowing rehabilitation on the swallowing a-bility of stroke patients with dysphagia. Methods 60 stroke patients were divided into primary cerebral infarction and primary cerebral hemorrhage groups, then further divided into treated and control groups randomly. All groups were given the same routine internal medicine treatment. Patients in the treated group were given three stage swallo-wing rehabilitation training additionally. All patients were assessed using Caiteng's Grading Method at the outset and at the end of the 2nd week, the Ist month and the 2nd month. Results Swallowing function scores in the treated groups were higher than those in the control groups at every stage (P≤0.05). The treated groups' scores also im-proved more quickly than those in the control groups. Conclusion Three stage swallowing rehabilitation can signifi-cantly improve stroke patients' swallowing function.