Efficacy and safety of oropharyngeal muscle strength training on poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate how oropharyngeal muscle strength training affected the safety and performance of swallowing in patients with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled of Trials, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase databases and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched, for publications in English, from database inception to December 2022.

Eligibility criteria

Studies comparing the effect of oropharyngeal muscle strength training with conventional dysphagia therapy in patients with poststroke. Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS) and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) were assessed as the main outcomes.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two researchers indep

SUBMITTER: Gao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature