Development and Effectiveness of ELMT in Comparison with MCT in Patients with Primary MTD
- Conditions
- Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD).Voice and resonance disorders
- Registration Number
- IRCT20211110053027N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 30
In the present study, those MTD patients will enter the study who have the following criteria: After being informed of the conditions and manner of conducting the study, express their informed consent to participate in the study;
2. Be in the age range of 20 to 55 years and all be women;
3. More than three months have passed since the voice or voice-related complaints;
4. Receive a primary MTD diagnosis based on the consensus of the laryngologist and speech and language pathologist and the results of voice history, consensus auditory-perceptual evaluation of voice, palpation, and video laryngoscopy;
Receive voice therapy or other voice-related therapies while performing the study.
Received voice therapy or other voice-related therapies for 90 days prior to the start of the study;
Have had an upper respiratory tract infection or a cold during the study and up to three weeks before;
Mass, wound or scar, presence of high fat tissue, history of surgery and radiotherapy in the neck area;
Be during breastfeeding and pregnancy;
Have an addiction to tobacco, drugs and alcohol;
There are neurological disorders involving the larynx, hearing disorders, head and neck surgeries, and behavioral and psychological disorders.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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