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NCT Number: NCT05524831

Kinesio Taping Versus Oromotor Training on Drooling in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Statement of the problem :

Which is more effective for treatment of drooling in children with spastic cerebral palsy; kinesio taping or oromotor training?

Null Hypothesis:

There will be no difference between the effectiveness of kinesio taping and oromotor training on drooling in children with spastic cp.

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Key information

Conditions

Drooling Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebral Palsy Kinesiotape Mouth Diseases Nervous System Diseases Salivary Gland Diseases Sialorrhea Stomatognathic Diseases

Age range

4 year–8 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of physical therapy ,cairo university

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

Subjects:

The Study targets the children with spastic cerebral palsy from both sexes , sample size estimation will be carried out to determine the recruited number of children ,Children participating in this study will be selected randomly from Cairo pediatric physical therapy centers to participate in this study.

Study Design:

A comparative experimental design (Prospective pre-test post-test design with 2 months follow-up evaluation) .

Children will be assessed by measuring the drooling before and after two months of receiving intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • A diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy with drooling problem.
  • The age of the selected children will range from 4to 8 years old.
  • Severe degree of drooling according to Drooling Severity and Frequency Scale.
  • Child with good head control

Exclusion criteria

  • Congenital problems of mouth and soft palate such as cleft lip and palate, jaw anomalies and salivary gland pathologies.
  • Epilepsy.
  • Child receiving drugs that could affect saliva production or other treatments to control drooling just before or during the study.
  • Allergic reactions to the kinesio tape.

Treatment and study plan

Kinesiotape

Other

kinesiotape will be applied on orbicularis oris muscle

oromotor training

Other

selected oromotor training: Perioral sensory stimulation ,Tapping,Tongue pressure,Jaw exercises andIntraoral stimulation

Primary outcomes

  1. assessment of drooling severity

    Time frame: 2 months for each participant

    by using The 5-minute drooling quotient.it is expressed as a percentage of observed drooling episodes.

  2. assessment of drooling severity and frequency

    Time frame: 2months for each participant

    by using The Drooling Severity and Frequency Scale. at severity: score 1:no drool ,score5:profuse drooling. at frequency: score 1:never drool ,score4: constant drool

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Sep 1, 2022
Registry last updated
Sep 14, 2022

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