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Prevalence of Gag Reflex in Healthy Persons and Across Different Patient Groups and Its Relevance in Dysphagia Screening

Germany700 participantsStarted 2016-08-10

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of gag reflex in healthy young and healthy older subjects as well as in acute stroke patients, in patients with Parkinsons´s Disease, Myasthenia gravis, Multiple Sclerosis and in geriatric patients.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Exclusion criteria

✕. Healthy participants:
✕. Geriatric patients Neurologic diseases
✕. Stroke patients Head and neck tumours Chemo- and/or radiotherapy in the head and neck area Reflux disease COPD Previous surgeries on the cervical spine or thyroid gland Vocal cord paresis
✕. Neurologic patients without stroke Head and neck tumours (except of intracranial tumors= Chemo- and/or radiotherapy in the head and neck area Reflux disease COPD Previous surgeries on the cervical spine or thyroid gland Vocal cord paresis

What they're measuring

Prevalence of gag reflex

Timeframe: Baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04866251

SponsorUniversity of Giessen

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-07-01

Contact for this trial

Samra Hamzic, M.A.

+49 641 985 59233 samra.hamzic@neuro.med.uni-giessen.de

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