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. 2024 Feb 28;60(1):164. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.23.08368-5

Correction to: “Dysphagia, dysphonia and olfactory disease: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post-COVID-19 condition”

Claudio CORDANI 1, 2, Irene BATTEL 1, Matteo J DEL FURIA 2, Stefano G LAZZARINI 3, Stefano NEGRINI 1, 2, Chiara ARIENTI 3
PMCID: PMC10938937  PMID: 38420908

Table II. —Evidence map of interventions for dysphagia symptoms compared to control, sham intervention, no therapy.

Treatment Acute and subacute stroke
Aspiration Case fatality Chest infection or pneumonia Disability Dysphagia Institutionalization Length of stay Nutritional
(albumin)
Pharyngeal transit Swallowing ability
Acupuncture Na* Na**
Behavioral intervention Na* Na** Na** M** Na* Na** Na** Na** Na*
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation Na** Na** Na** Na* Na**
Pharyngeal electrical stimulation Na** Na** Na** Na** Na** Na** Na** Na** Na**
Physical stimulation (thermal, tactile) Na** Na** Na* Na**
Swallowing therapy L* M** VL* L* Na** M* Na** Na* VL*
Transcranial direct current stimulation Na**
Transcranial magnetic stimulation Na** Na** Na** Na*

Lines represent the interventions. Columns represent the health conditions where the searched outcome has been considered. Quality of evidence was reported into each cell with the following acronyms: VL: very low-quality; L: low-quality; M: moderate-quality; H: high-quality; Na: not available. *Effect in favor of the intervention; **no definite results.


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