Effects of Conventional Speech Therapy with Liuzijue Qigong, a Traditional Chinese Method of Breath Training, in 70 Patients with Post-Stroke Spastic Dysarthria

27 June 2023 : Clinical Research

Jiayi Xia^1AEFG*, Song Pei^23BCDE, Zhu Chen^1DE, Lin Wang^1FG, Jun Hu^1AEG, Jian Wang^2AEG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939623

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939623

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Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline (n=35).

Characteristic	Control group	Experimental group	P value
Age (years), mean±SD	58.23±11.81	57.94±9.38	0.078
Male, no. (%)	28 (80.00%)	29 (82.86%)	0.500
Duration of stroke (weeks, mean±SD)	9.11±3.18	10.63±1.61	0.110
Left paralysis, no. (%)	20 (57.14%)	14 (40.00%)	0.116
Type of stroke, no. (%)			0.356
Cerebral infarction	27 (77.14%)	30 (85.71%)
Cerebral hemorrhage	8 (22.86%)	5 (14.29%)
NIHSS, no. (%)			0.788
Mild stroke	16 (45.71%)	19 (54.29%)
Moderate stroke	17 (48.57%)	15 (42.86%)
Severe stroke	2 (5.71%)	1 (2.86%)
Very severe stroke	0	0
Comorbidities, no. (%)
Hypertension	31 (88.57%)	33 (94.29%)	0.669
Diabetes mellitus	16 (45.71%)	12 (34.29%)	0.329
Dyslipidemia	23 (65.71%)	24 (68.57%)	0.799
SD – standard deviation; NIHSS – National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

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