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Aim: Dysphagia is a risk for complications (an aspiration and a malnutrition) and therefore it is necessary to treat it. The aim of the study was to as sess the changes of swal low ing in patients after stroke with dysphagia after four weeks of orofacial rehabilitation with or without electrostimulation of the suprahyoid muscles. Methods: A prospective study of patients in the early phase post stroke with dysphagia was done from 1/ 2015 to 12/ 2016. In the experimental group of 54 patients (26 men, average age 70 years) was performed electrostimulation of the suprahyoid muscles 20 min a day, 5 days per week. In the control group of 54 patients (31 men, average age 69 years) was performed the standard orofacial rehabilitation without electrostimulation. Dysphagia was as ses sed at the begin n ing and in the end of orofacial ther apy us ing clinical tests: The Gugg ing Swal low ing Screen (GUSS) and Functional oral intake scale (FOIS). Results: The diff erence of the change in score between the GUSS experimental group (mean 5.77 ± 0.45; median 6) and the control group (mean 4.03 ± 0.57; median 4) was statistical ly signifi cant (p = 0.0198). The diff erence of change in the FOIS test between the experimental group (mean 1.87 ± 0.22; median 2) and the control group (mean 1.01 ± 0.31; median 1) was statistical ly signifi cant (p = 0.0013). Conclusion: Electrical stimulation of the suprahyoid muscles improves swal low ing in dysphagia patients post stroke. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Dysphagia occurs very frequently within the framework of bulbar or pseudobulbar syndrome in patients after cerebrovascular accident. For the diagnosis and evaluation of the gravity of the affection the authors use videofluorographic examination of the swallowing act. Orofacial rehabilitation is recommended in the treatment of swallowing disorders. The results of orofacial rehabilitation using videofluorographic examination are described in a prospective pilot study in nine patients suffering from swallowing disorders after CVA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]