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Table 1 Pre-and post-treatment symptom scale and functional outcome measures

From: Improved symptomatic, functional, and fluoroscopic outcomes following serial “series of three” double-balloon dilation for cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction

Parameter

n

Pre-treatment (+/− SD)

Post-treatment (+/− SD)

p value

EAT-10

17

24.7 (7.8)

15.9 (10.2)

0.0021*

FOIS

17

5.4 (1.5)

6.3 (0.9)

0.017**

  1. EAT-10 eating assessment tool, FOIS functional oral intake scale
  2. *Paired t-test
  3. **Wilcoxon matched pairs–signed rank test