Scoping review to identify and map non-pharmacological, non-surgical treatments for dysphagia following moderate-to-severe acquired brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dysphagia is a common and critical consequence of acquired brain injury (ABI) and can cause severe complications. Dysphagia rehabilitation is transforming from mainly compensatory strategies to the retraining of swallowing function using principles from neuroscience. However, there are no studies that map interventions available to retrain swallowing function in patients with moderate-to-severe ABI.

Objective

To systematically map the accessible research literature to answer the research question: Which non-surgical, non-pharmacological interventions are used in the treatment of dysphagia in patients with moderate and severe ABI in the acute and subacute phase? DESIGN: Scoping review based on the methodology of Arksey and O'Malley and methodological advan

SUBMITTER: Eskildsen SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature