Investigating the effect of intensive manual therapy on the voice quality of patients with dysphonia caused by muscle tensio
- Conditions
- Muscle tension dysphonia.other voice and resonance disordersR49.8
- Registration Number
- IRCT20230403057804N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Hamedan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8
Do not have polyp, nodule, spasmodic dysphonia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and history of thyroid surgery (determined by laryngoscopy) and have type 1 MTD.
Patients should not have any surgery history, temporomandibular joint problems, short neck, neurological and behavioral problems.
Dysphonia score of people should be moderate to severe, and this score will be determined based on palpation test and extralaryngeal muscle tension.
Patients should not use steroids, alcohol, or smoke for a long period of time.
Patients should not have lung disease, flu, hearing disorder, upper respiratory tract infection, nervous disorder and hypothyroidism.
People do not want to continue cooperation until the end of the study.
Do not have access to people to provide treatment every day.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fundamental frequency. Timepoint: Three evaluation points before the intervention and in the basic evaluation phase, six evaluation points during the intervention and three evaluation points during the follow-up and after the intervention. Method of measurement: PRAAT software.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Voice quality. Timepoint: Three evaluation points before the intervention and in the basic evaluation phase, six evaluation points during the intervention and three evaluation points during the follow-up and after the intervention. Method of measurement: PRAAT software.