Taping for Saliva Control in Cerebral Palsy

Baskent University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Treatments: Other: Control; Other: Kinesiotaping; Other: Plesebo Taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04252157

KA 19/316

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aim to investigate the effect of banding on saliva control and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy.

Full description

Cerebral palsy describes a whole set of permanent disorders or disorders in the development of movement and posture, attributed to non-progressive disorders occurring in the developing fetal or infant brain, causing activity limitation. Motor disorders are often accompanied by sensory, perception, communication and behavioral disorders, epilepsy and secondary musculoskeletal problems.

Kinesio Taping has been proven to increase local circulation, reduce local edema and provide a positional stimulus for muscle, skin, or facial structures, regulating sensory input, and activating regions in the brain. KT is currently used to improve oral control in children with neurological and neuromuscular disorders and provides a reduction in saliva flow and frequency. However, knowledge of the potential of using neuromuscular bandages to manage the dribble flow has been limited.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a dribble control disorder,
• Having a diagnosis of cerebral palsy,
• Being between the ages of 5-15,
• Not allergic to Kinesio Taping tape.

Exclusion criteria

• Using drugs for saliva control disorder,
• Botulinum toxin has been applied in the last 6 months,
• Active infection (tooth, intestine, etc.),
• Failure to comply with treatment,
• Swallowing disorder.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

kinesiotaping

Experimental group

Description:

Kinesotape will be apply with suitable tension and necessery region.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesiotaping

plesebo taping

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Tape will be appy with randomly region without tension.

Treatment:

Other: Plesebo Taping

control

Other group

Description:

Nothing will be applied

Treatment:

Other: Control