Table 3.

Dysphagia severity scale (DSS)

Group	Baseline dataa			Effect data
	Median	25;75b	N	Median	25;75	N	P
Group TT	59	41;88	28	19	3;44	28	0.000
Group NMES-M	72	52;88	27	10	0;31	27	0.000
Group NMES-S	74	49;87	30	6	−2;24	30	0.005
Total group	67	49;88	85	14	0;30	85	0.000

Descriptive statistics of the baseline data and the effect data (post-minus pretreatment data), the number of patients per treatment group, and the level of significance of the difference between post-therapy data compared to baseline data for all groups (Wilcoxon signed-rank test)

TT traditional therapy; NMES-M neuromuscular electrical stimulation at a motor level; NMES-S neuromuscular electrical stimulation at a sensory level

^aThe maximum score of the scale is 100

^b25th percentile; 75th percentile