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Interventions for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Dysphagia
Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Summary
The overall purpose of this project is to develop effective dysphagia rehabilitative interventions for patients with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias at risk for pneumonia development.
Official title: Impact of Novel Rehabilitative Approaches for Dysphagia in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
50 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
76
Start Date
2020-09-25
Completion Date
2025-11-30
Last Updated
2026-05-07
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Isometric tongue strengthening facilitated by Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI)
An air-filled pressure bulb is placed on the surface of the oral tongue and pressed against the hard palate during exercise. Each patient is given a target pressure value to aim for as determined by the baseline one repetition maximum (1RM) lingual pressures. During week one of the regimen, the target value of each repetition will be 60% of the 1RM. For the remaining seven weeks, the target value will be increased to 80% of the 1RM. At weeks three, five, and seven, the baseline will be re-measured by phone and the 80% target value re-calculated.
Biotene Oral Balance Gel
Participants will be instructed to apply an amount equivalent to about 1 cm of Biotene® Oral Balance Gel with a finger to the tongue and most intensely affected areas of the oral cavity three times a day after brushing their teeth for 8 weeks.
Locations (1)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States