Giuseppe Cosentino, Cristina Tassorelli, Paolo Prunetti, Giulia Bertino, Roberto De Icco, Massimiliano Todisco, Salvatore Di Marco, Filippo Brighina, Antonio Schindler, Mariangela Rondanelli, Mauro Fresia, Luca Mainardi, Domenico A Restivo, Alberto Priori, Giorgio Sandrini, Enrico Alfonsi
BACKGROUND: Dysphagia in the elderly, known as presbydysphagia, has become a relevant public health problem in several countries. Swallowing disorders may be a consequence of different neurological disorders (secondary presbydysphagia) or the expression of the aging process itself (primary presbydysphagia). We aimed to test the therapeutic potential of two different non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques in subjects with primary or secondary presbydysphagia. METHODS: A blinded randomized controlled trial with crossover design was carried out in 42 patients, randomly assigned to anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) or intermittent theta-burst stimulation (TBS) group...
January 23, 2020: Neurogastroenterology and Motility: the Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society