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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4224</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.132221</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>&#13;
	Effectiveness of Directional Lingual Exercise on Subjects with Post Stroke Dysphagia&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Seemathan</surname><given-names>Priyanga</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Divya</surname><given-names>T</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A</surname><given-names>Kumaresan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Suganthirababu</surname><given-names>Prathap</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>11</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>2)</volume><issue/><fpage>26</fpage><lpage>29</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>&#13;
	Objective: Dysphagia is a common swallowing problem that occurs after the stroke which has more complications. So to pre vent complications, the treatment should be aimed at accelerating the recovery of swallowing function and reducing risks. Hence this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the directional lingual exercise on post-stroke dysphagia patients. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was done on 30 subjects who were willing to participate. The patients were selected using a convenience sampling technique based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The safety and simplicity of the procedure were explained to the patients and written consent was obtained from the subjects. All the subjects underwent pretest measurement that includes Functional Oral Intake Scale, water swallowing test and lingual strength and endurance measurements was taken. Followed by this the subjects were given directional lingual exercise for 10session/day, 5days/week for 4 weeks. The post-test evaluation was conducted as the same as in the pre-test. The values were tabulated and statistically analyzed. Results: It was observed that there was a significant improvement in swallowing function, tongue strength and endurance (P__ampersandsignlt;0.001) in participants with post-stroke dysphagia. Conclusion: From the result, it has been concluded that this intervention showed a better result for improving tongue strength and endurance. Hence this technique can be used for the rehabilitation of the subjects suffering from post-stroke dysphagia.&#13;
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</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Stroke</kwd><kwd> Oropharyngeal dysphagia</kwd><kwd> FOIS</kwd><kwd> Tongue strength</kwd><kwd> Tongue endurance</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
