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Investigating the effect of intensive manual therapy on the voice quality of patients with dysphonia caused by muscle tensio

Not Applicable
Conditions
Muscle tension dysphonia.
other voice and resonance disorders
R49.8
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
Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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.
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