Application of Vibration Wave Therapy to the Children Suffering From Cerebral Palsy and Tongue Spastic Dysarthria

National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy; Spastic Dysarthria

Treatments: Device: Vibro Tactile Gadget

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04222049

NUST-FHH-HEC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vibration therapy is the widely used in many neurological disorders for different type of problems. Recently, it is being used by researchers for the betterment of motor disorders and muscle movements of the cerebral palsy patients and significant results are obtained. Investigators are conducting this research to explore that whether this therapy can have some effect on the Spastic Tongue Dysarthria of the Cerebral Palsy patients.

Full description

This study is going to be conducted in collaboration with Shahbaz Khalid Ranjha , Speech Language Pathologist, Family Health Hospital Islamabad who is the main person for the idea of the study and National University of Science & Technology. This study is funded by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Recruitment and Intervention Work will be carried out in Family Health Hospital. Special device is being designed for transmission of Vibration waves in Lab of the university. The device is capable to transmit vibration waves to the patient. Urdu language phonological and articulation test(TAAPU) will be used for assessment as it is specially designed for Urdu language population which will be the main focus. Investigators have defined speech parameters for analysis which will be collected before application of intervention, after 3 months and then at the end of the study. Parents assessment will be collected and noted through out the intervention.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children having dysarthria due to cerebral Palsy
• Dysarthria due to damage in motor speech area/ broca area.
• Children having type Spastic Dysarthria

Exclusion criteria

Children diagnosed with following are excluded from our study

• Any speech disorders
• hearing impairments
• cleft palate
• tongue tie.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

spastic Tongue Dysarthria

Experimental group

Description:

The purpose of gadget is to transmit the mechanical vibration waves to the brain of the subjects.

Treatment:

Device: Vibro Tactile Gadget