Comparing the effectiveness of resonant voice therapy and manual circumlaryngeal therapy on laryngeal tensio

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• Conditions: Muscle tension dysphonia.

• Registration Number: IRCT20231024059840N1
• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 6 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

According to the joint opinion of a laryngologist and an experienced speech and language pathologist in the field of voice disorders, and based on the results of voice history, voice self-evaluation, larynx observation, auditory-perceptual evaluation of voice and palpation, the participants will receive a primary MTD diagnosis.
Be in the age range of 18 to 55 years
Have normal hearing
Do not have evidence of neurological diseases
Do not have a history of other voice disorders (such as weakness and paralysis of the vocal folds or laryngeal cancer).
do not have a history of surgery, radiation therapy, trauma and intubation in the larynx and neck, chronic pain in the neck area, burns of the head and neck, and any kind of scar in the front of the neck and around the larynx.
At least 14 days before the start of the study, do not have an active infection in the larynx and upper respiratory tract
At the time of the study and before that, they have not received any other voice therapy program
do not have a fat and short neck so that it is possible to perform a palpation

Exclusion Criteria

have not completed any of the assessment and treatment stages of the study
Their audio samples are unanalyzable for any reason
In the evaluation of the palpation of all the target structures, the score of muscle tension should be reported as zero

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle tension: The amount of tension of the paralaryngeal muscles, which can be measured by palpation. Timepoint: Muscle tension is measured before the start of the treatment, in the third session of the treatment and at the end of the treatment and one month after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Palpation.