Table 7.

Functional oral intake scale (FOIS)

Functional Oral Intake Scalea	Baseline data			Post- minus pretreatment data			Follow-up minus post data
	Median	25;75b	N	Median	25;75	N	Median	25;75	N
Group TT	7	6;7	29	0	0;0	29	0	0;0	17
Group NMES-M	7	6;7	29	0	0;0	29	0	−1;0	13
Group NMES-S	7	6;7	29	0	0;0	29	0	0;0	13
Total group	7	6;7	87	0	0;0	87	0	0;0	43

Descriptive statistics of baseline data and effect data (differences in post- minus pretherapy) and follow-up minus post-therapy data

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

^aThe maximum score of the scale is 7

^b25th percentile;75th percentile