Kinesiotape and Dysphagia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dysphagia; Cerebral Palsy
• Interventions: Other: Kinesiotaping

• Registration Number: NCT04750174
• Lead Sponsor: University of Gaziantep

Brief Summary

Dysphagia is common problem in almost all children with cerebral palsy (CP) and there is no consensus about to dysphagia therapy modalities.We aimed to investigate the short- and long-term effects of kinesio taping (KT) on dysphagia in children with CP.

Detailed Description

There is a few studies for the effectiveness of KT application in the treatment of dysphagia and its effectiveness is controversial. These small-scale studies conducted to improve control of drooling in the oral phase of swallowing in CP. However, there are no studies that have evaluated swallowing as a whole. Moreover, there is a need to carry out studies evaluating the efficacy of KT in dysphagia treatment with a high level of evidence and duration of effectivenes for a period longer than 3 months. This study is designed to answer the following research questions: "Is KT application effective in the treatment of dysphagia in CP?" ''If it is effective, whether the effect of KT therapy persists more than 3 months''.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-01
• Study Completion: 2020-01
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-06
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years who had oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) symptom and/or finding and were subsequently hospitalized and rehabilitated were included in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with history of maxillary, head or neck surgery or botulinum toxin injection, structural oropharyngeal abnormality, known esophageal dysphagia and/or gastroesophageal reflux disease, who were received medical and/or physical therapy for dysphagia in the last 6 months, using drugs for seizures or spasticity as well as no oral intake and tube dependent completely for feeding were not included.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Kinesiotape Group	Kinesiotaping	In active group, KT was applied with stretching to the suprahyoid muscles with right method.
Sham Kinesiotape Group	Kinesiotaping	In sham group, KT was applied without stretching to the suprahyoid region and not including the origins of mylohyoid and digastric muscles

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional oral intake scale	6th week	The scale evaluates the patient's safe and adequate functional oral intake and consists of 7 levels.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Family satisfaction level	18th week	Children's primary caregivers were asked to evaluate the change in swallowing of children at 6th and 18th weeks with 5-point Likert scale. Accordingly, "so much better" to "so much worse" were scored between 1 and 5.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gaziantep University; 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Turkey