Effectiveness of Kinesiotape on Children With Cerebral Palsy and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Gaziantep
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Functional oral intake scale
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
Masking Description
A short practical training was performed before the study. The study was performed by a group of independent specialists blinded to treatment allocation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 2 Years to 6 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Functional oral intake scale
Time Frame: 6th week
The scale evaluates the patient's safe and adequate functional oral intake and consists of 7 levels.
Secondary Outcomes
- Family satisfaction level(18th week)
Investigators
Mazlum Serdar Akaltun
Assistant Professor
University of Gaziantep