Effectiveness of Video-game Based Swallowing Function Training in Patients With Dysphagia

The video-game has three games: (1) Game One - Lip Exercise; (2) Game Two - Tongue Exercises; (3) Game Three - Lower Jaw Exercise. The whole training will take about once a day for 30 min per session, 5 times a week for 4 weeks.

The control group used the conventional swallowing function training. The lip exercise consisted of the following specific movements: opening mouth, closing mouth, drumming cheeks, left drumming cheeks, and right drumming cheeks; the tongue exercise consisted of the following specific movements: extending the tongue, tongue up, tongue down, tongue left, and tongue right. Each specific movement in the steps lasts 2-3s, repeat 15 times and continue with the next movement. The lower jaw movement contains the following specific movements: keep the head as low as possible, and squeeze the rubber ball placed on the neck for 2-3 seconds, repeat 15 times.