The Retornus-2 study: impact of respiratory muscle training in subacute stroke patients with dysphagia, study protocol of a double-blind randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Stroke can lead to varying degrees of oropharyngeal dysphagia, respiratory muscle dysfunction and even increase medical complications such as aspiration, malnutrition and death. Recent studies suggest that inspiratory and expiratory respiratory muscle training (IEMT) can improve...

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Main Authors: A. Guillen-Sola, M. Messaggi-Sartor, C. Ramírez-Fuentes, E. Marco, E. Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05353-y