Preoperative expiratory muscle training for swallowing function in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy: A randomized controlled phase II trial protocol

• Hiroki Mizusawa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hiroki-mizusawa@med.kindai.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8324-4294

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• Masaya Noguchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6652-9912

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• Tomomi Tamura,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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• Masashi Shiraishi,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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• Kengo Kanki,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osaka, Japan

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• Osamu Shiraishi,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

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• Yoko Hiraki,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

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• Hiroaki Kato,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

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• Yuji Higashimoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-9083

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• Takushi Yasuda

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan

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