Influence of Lineage-Negative Stem Cell Therapy on Articulatory Functions in ALS Patients

Table 2

Evaluation of articulation organ functions by FDA in 32 ALS patients divided into 3 groups (I—improved articulation, II—lack of improvement, and III—deteriorated articulation), measured 7 and 28 days after Lin⁻ cell administration compared to the baseline values (day 0).

	0 day vs. 7^th day			7^th day vs. 28^th day			0 day vs. 28^th day
	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group I	Group II	Group III	Group I	Group II	Group III
Cough reflex	11	16	5	5	17	10	7	18	7
Swallow reflex	6	23	3	2	25	5	6	19	7
Dribble/drool reflex	9	20	3	6	20	6	10	19	3
Respiration	8	18	6	3	23	6	9	14	9
Lips	6	24	2	2	26	4	9	17	6
Soft palate	7	22	3	2	26	4	6	22	4
Laryngeal time	10	21	1	4	17	11	9	17	6
Laryngeal pitch	6	23	3	4	20	8	8	18	6
Laryngeal volume	8	20	4	3	23	6	9	18	5
Laryngeal in speech	7	21	4	4	22	6	8	19	5
Tongue	7	17	8	4	21	7	10	12	10
Intelligibility words	4	24	4	3	25	4	3	28	1
Intelligibility sentences	4	24	4	5	24	3	7	24	1
Intelligibility conversation	6	20	6	6	23	3	8	19	5