Julien Poirier, MD

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Age

70 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•1. Age ≥ 70 years.
•2. Acute stroke (0-1 month post-stroke).
•3. Pharyngo-laryngeal dysphagia (Gugging Swallowing Screen, GUSS: 5/5 on preliminary test and \<4/5 on direct test, ignoring the drooling criterion which is not indicative of pharyngo-laryngeal dysphagia).
•4. Ability to understand and follow experimental instructions.
•5. Signed informed consent.
•6. Participant covered by or beneficiary of a health insurance system.roke (0-1 month post-stroke)

•1. Any associated medical condition preventing regular participation in rehabilitation activities at the time of inclusion.
•2. Pre-existing dysphagia or dysphagia of non-stroke origin (e.g., myopathy, ENT cancer, laryngectomy).
•3. Contraindications to vagus nerve stimulation (e.g., active epilepsy, active medical implants, severe cardiac pathology, severe uncontrolled psychiatric disorders).
•4. GUSS swallowing test score \<5/20 at baseline.
•5. Legal protection under guardianship or curatorship, or inability to participate in a clinical trial under French Public Health Code Article L.1121-16.