Clinical Trial: Pharyngeal Exercise (Plus Protein)
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Pre-Frail Older Adults
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: A Single-center Randomized Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy of Pharyngeal Swallowing Exercises (With or Without Protein Supplementation) to Build Pharyngeal Muscular Reserve in Pre-frail Older Adul
Brief Summary:
The swallowing muscles are prone to decreased strength and function as part of the natural aging process which can lead to difficulty swallowing, malnutrition, and frailty.Exercise and nutrition are powerful stimulators of muscular change.The proposed research will investigate the effectiveness of a 12-week proactive regimen of swallowing exercises (with or without daily protein supplement drinks) to improve the composition, force, and physiology of the swallowing muscles and explore the relationship to overall…
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