The Effect of Laryngeal Manual Therapy as a Management of Globus

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Globus
• Interventions: Other: laryngeal manual therapies

• Registration Number: NCT04436146
• Lead Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of laryngeal manual therapies in the treatment of globus (sensation of a lump in the throat).

Detailed Description

This is a prospective study that include patients who met the inclusion criteria.

Data collection includes patients age,gender,clinical manifistations,laboratory parameters and treatment.

An endoscopic examination will be done by an expert Otolaryngologist. for each patients we will perform one session of laryngeal manual massage therapy by an expert in the field .

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-17
• Study Start: 2022-03-01
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-02
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-01
• Study Completion: 2023-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• patients more than 18 years old
• male and females
• patients complaning from Globus without an organic cause
• patients who underwent throat endoscopy and was normal.
• Patients who received conventional drug therapy without benefit.
• Globus complaints more than two months .

Exclusion Criteria

• below 18
• Patients diagnosed with reflux(as a cause to globus)
• Patients who considered at high risk of reflux according to REFLUX SYMPTOM INDEX (RSI) more than 13
• patients who diagnosed with reflux and improved after anti-reflux manegment .
• patients with laryngeal disease/finding that can explain the globus.
• patients with organic cause that can explain the globus .

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
laryngeal manual therapies	laryngeal manual therapies	The laryngeal manual therapy incorporates massaging the laryngeal muscles thus reducing excessive tension in the laryngeal and perilaryngeal musculature in patients with globus .

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change From symptomatic to asymptomatic patient	baseline and week 1	after one therapy session we will evaluate the effect of the therapy on the patients .

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Haemek Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Afula, Israel