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NCT Number: NCT04750174

Kinesiotape and Dysphagia

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Dysphagia Brain Damage, Chronic Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebral Palsy Deglutition Disorders Digestive System Diseases Esophageal Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Nervous System Diseases Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Pharyngeal Diseases

Age range

2 year–6 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Gaziantep University

Gaziantep, 27300, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

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''.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

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.

Treatment and study plan

Kinesiotaping

Other

Kinesiotape (KT) has been used by Dr. Kenzo Kase for the first time as based on the opinion that more successful results can be obtained in a banding method similar to the structural characteristics and flexibility of human skin without limiting the joint movements for edema control, joint protection, and proprioception training. In recent years, KT have been applied with a wide variety of techniques including muscle techniques for the inhibition and stimulation of muscles, fascia correction technique which aims to reduce tension and adhesions by making vibration movement between the fascia layers and field correction technique aiming to reduce regional pressure in the presence of pain, inflammation or edema as well as lymphatic correction technique for regulating lymphatic circulation .

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

  1. Family satisfaction level

    Time frame: 18th week

    Children's primary caregivers were asked to evaluate the change in swallowing of children at 6th and 18th weeks with 5-point Likert scale. Accordingly, "so much better" to "so much worse" were scored between 1 and 5.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Gaziantep

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Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Kinesiotape on Children With Cerebral Palsy and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Feb 11, 2021
Registry last updated
Feb 11, 2021

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