Table 1.

Characteristics of participants.

No	Age	Sex	Weight	BMI	BI	FOIS	DSS	TP at baseline	TP at follow-up	Past history
1	56	M	106	35.8	100	7	4	38.0	39.4	Cerebral tumor
2	72	M	44	17.2	35	3	2	11.3	21.9	Progressive supranuclear palsy
3	49	M	78	26.7	70	6	3	15.0	41.1	Spinocerebellar degeneration
4	62	M	65	26.4	45	5	3	18.7	22.7	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
5	62	M	68	24.1	25	2	2	2.6	4.5	Cerebral infarction
6	67	M	59	22.5	100	7	4	40.8	40.0	Subjective symptoms of swallowing difficulty
7	70	M	71	28.4	100	7	4	38.4	46.5	Wallenberg syndrome
8	32	M	71	21.2	100	7	4	19.4	36.1	Subjective symptoms of swallowing difficulty

BMI body mass index, BI Barthel index, FOIS functional oral intake scale, DSS dysphagia severity scale, TP tongue pressure.