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Effectiveness of Kinesiotaping and Manipulation Therapies in Drooling Management Among Children With Oral Dysphagia

Pakistan60 participantsStarted 2020-01-01

Plain-language summary

Children suffering from neurological problems may have a common problem of drooling and dysphagia.There is high prevelance of neurological disorders in developing countries including Pakistan.Parents of children with disability are highly stressed and burdenised while taking care of their children.there is a need to overcome the drooling and dysphagia problems with effective interventions.

Who can participate

Age range

3 Years – 15 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * • Both male and female children with different non degenerative neurological disabilities ( cerebral palsy, traumatice brain injury, childhood stroke) and having oral phase dysphagia. * Age between 3-15 years. * Those who will have drooling severity rating of ≥ 4 on modified Teacher's drooling scale. * Child who can comprehend simple verbal commands and on 3 words sentence level speech * Have good head control. * Parents and care givers of children with drooling and oral phase dysphagia will also be included in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Those children who would have structural abnormality of respiratory system. * Corrected or uncorrected cleft palate or cleft lip. * Wounds around the lips. * Recent surgery, and medication or on any treatment to control drooling would be excluded from the study.

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What they're measuring

severity and frequency of drooling will be measured at baseline and at the end of 24 weeks of therapy

Timeframe: 24 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04266626

SponsorIsra University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-06

Contact for this trial

Romana Pervez, PhD

03339867787 romo_virgo@hotmail.com

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