Action Observation Therapy Program in Patients With Neurogenic Dysphagia

"In this method, patients will be seated in a comfortable chair in front of a 32-inch television placed approximately 2 meters away in a quiet room. On television, videos that will be used in swallowing rehabilitation prepared on realistic animations and/or real models will be shown to the patients. Patients will be asked to watch these exercise videos for 20 minutes with their full attention and concentrate on how the actions are done.~Evaluations to be made before starting the treatment program and finished; demographic information, Standardized Mini Mental Test, Turkish Eating Assessment Tool, Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (VFYC), Penetration Aspiration Scale (PAS), Evaluation of Swallowing Ability and Function, Surface Electromyographic Measurements of Suprahyoid Muscles, Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire, Beck Depression Scale."

Exercises include positioning, swallowing maneuvers, food modification, and swallowing exercises, which are sensory stimulation, oral motor exercises, head-neck mobilization, Shaker exercises, and neck region and tongue strengthening exercises, which are compensatory strategies according to the swallowing rehabilitation program accepted in the literature. Evaluations to be made before starting the treatment program and finished; demographic information, Standardized Mini Mental Test, Turkish Eating Assessment Tool, Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (VFYC), Penetration Aspiration Scale (PAS), Evaluation of Swallowing Ability and Function, Surface Electromyographic Measurements of Suprahyoid Muscles, Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire, Beck Depression Scale.