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Resources

At the Duke ALS Clinic, our therapists and providers may offer resources and information to help you navigate this disease. Here, you will find these items as downloadable PDF handouts or external links for your convenience. Please contact us if you have any questions!


Neurology

  • National ALS Registry
  • ALS Untangled
  • Clinical Trials.gov

Nutrition

  • Nutrition Tips for ALS: Increasing Calories on a Soft Diet 
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Feeding Tube Patient Instruction Packet

Occupational Therapy

  • Continence Management
    • Female Catheters
    • Male Condom Catheters
  • Eating
    • Adaptive Equipment Recommendations for Eating
  • Exercise and Comfort
    • Range of Motion Stretches
    • Positioning
    • Strategies for Managing Shoulder Subluxation
  • Home Modifications
    • Resources for Modifying the Home
  • Showering
    • Adaptive Equipment and Strategies for Showering
    • General Guidelines of Grab Bar Placement
  • Toileting
    • Adaptive Equipment and Compensatory Strategies for Toileting
    • Adaptive Slacks for Easy Toileting

Physical Therapy

  • Exercise in ALS
  • Wheeled Mobility Options

Social Work

  • ALS Association
  • HealthWell Foundation ALS Disease Fund
  • Your ALS Guide

Speech Language Pathology

  •  Communication
    • ABC QWERTY Boards
    • ALS Phrase Board
    • Options for Personal Voice Amplifiers
    • Voice and Message Banking
  • Considering a Feeding Tube with ALS
  • Oral Hygiene Recommendations
  • Respiratory Muscle Training (RMT): Home Exercise Program
  • Wireless Door Bell Box Assembly

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