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Background
Thickened water has been widely used in patients with dysphagia who receive oral feeding, but there is little evidence for tube‐feeding patients.
Objective
To explore the effects of thickened water swallow training in tube‐feeding and dysphagia patients in the acute and early subacute phases of stroke.
Methods
A quasi‐experimental study. Hospitalised patients with acute and early subacute...