Changes in Sensitivity of Swallowing-relevant Structures, Taste and Smell in Stroke Patients
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Diagnostic test, Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
This study evaluates changes in swallowing using endoscopic swallowing studies and measuring of pharyngeal sensitivity, taste and smell in stroke patients. Younger (\<60 years) and older (\>60 years) volunteers will serve as control.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
⁃ Volunteers:
• informed consent
⁃ Stroke patients:
• informed consent
• new supratentorial stroke (\<72 hours old) confirmed by CT (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Locations
Other Locations
Germany
Universitätsklinikum Gießen
RECRUITING
Giessen
Contact Information
Primary
Tobias Braun, M.D.
tobias.braun@neuro.med.uni-giessen.de
+49(0)-641-985
Time Frame
Start Date: 2017-10-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 200
Treatments
Volunteers <60 years
Volunteers, who are able to consent to participation in the study, as control.
Volunteers >60 years
Volunteers, who are able to consent to participation in the study, as control.
Stroke patients
Stroke patients with supratentorial stroke, who are able to consent to participation in the study.
Sponsors
Leads: University of Giessen