Participants
stroke
STROKE
A total of 120 stroke patients were recruited from patients who had been discharged the Rehabilitation Department of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. Two SLPs utilized a standard toolkit for swallowing function assessment on the enrolled patients. Fifty-two participants did not meet the inclusion criteria and were excluded, while the remaining four refused to participate. The remaining 64 eligible patients were informed about the trial and was randomized into two groups (1:1).