Effect of Kinesio Tape on Oral and Pharangeal Swallowing Phases in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal, Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Kinesio tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06157489

004448

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of current study is to investigate the effect of kinesio tape in children with spastic cerebral palsy having oropharyngeal dysphagia

Full description

The study tageted rhe children with spastic cerebral palsy from both sexes will be selected from hospital of Tanta university

Inclusion criteria:

1. Age ranges from 2 to 7 years.
2. The degree of dysphagia ranges from 4 to 6 level according to functional oral intake scale (appendix II).
3. Diagnosed as spastic diplegia or quadriplegia.
4. Able to understand and follow instructions.

Exclusion criteria:

Children will be excluded if they have any of the following criteria:

1. Severe visual and auditory problems.
2. History of maxillary, head or neck surgical procedures.
3. Botulinum toxin treatment of upper esophageal sphincter dysfunction, esophageal dysphagia and/or gastroesophageal reflux disease during the previous six months.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ranges from 3 to 7 years.
2. The degree of dysphagia ranges from 4 to 6 level according to functional oral intake scale (appendix II).
3. Diagnosed as spastic diplegia or quadriplegia.
4. Able to understand and follow instructions.

Exclusion criteria

Children will be excluded if they have any of the following criteria:

1. Severe visual and auditory problems.
2. History of maxillary, head or neck surgical procedures.
3. Botulinum toxin treatment of upper esophageal sphincter dysfunction, esophageal dysphagia and/or gastroesophageal reflux disease during the previous six months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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15 participants in 15 patient groups

Hamza

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Noor mohamed

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Janna ahmed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Hamza salah

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Mohammed asel

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Ali ahmed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Malek Mohamed

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Sayed Mohamed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Omar ahmed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Ahmed Mohamed

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Yousef salah

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Rofan ahmed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Kinesio tape hasnot assigned to arm group Exercise only

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Fareda salah

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Abd elrahman ahmed

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape