Narrative
Dysphagia affects >50% of stroke patients with increased risk of aspiration and pneumonia, costing the NHS approximately £400m pa. Until recently there has been no effective treatment. Over the last 15 years, Hamdy has identified the mechanisms underlying dysphagia after stroke and demonstrated that electrostimulation delivered to the pharynx dramatically alters brain regions controlling swallowing beneficially. This work has gone through extensive clinical evaluation and forms the basis of a company, Phagenesis Ltd (~£10m VC funding), which has now commenced implementation of the technology (PhagenyxTM), gained CE marking and has sold >£2.0m of product in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.| Impact date | 1 Jan 2008 → 31 Jul 2013 |
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| Category of impact | Technological impacts, Economic, Health and wellbeing |
| Impact level | Adoption |
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Research output
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Recovery of swallowing after dysphagic stroke relates to functional reorganization in the intact motor cortex
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adjunctive functional pharyngeal electrical stimulation reverses swallowing disorders following brain lesions
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Explaining oropharyngeal dysphagia after unilateral hemispheric stroke
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The cortical topography of human swallowing musculature in health and disease
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term reorganization of human motor cortex driven by short-term sensory stimulation
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts
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Ongoing impacts of the development of an electrical stimulation treatment for dysphasia (Phagenyx by UoM Spinout Phagenesis)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic