NCT05524831

Kinesio Taping Versus Oromotor Training on Drooling in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Statement of the problem : Which is more effective for treatment of drooling in children with spastic cerebral palsy; kinesio taping or oromotor training? Null Hypothesis: There will be no difference between the effectiveness of kinesio taping and oromotor training on drooling in children with spastic cp.

Detailed description

Subjects: The Study targets the children with spastic cerebral palsy from both sexes , sample size estimation will be carried out to determine the recruited number of children ,Children participating in this study will be selected randomly from Cairo pediatric physical therapy centers to participate in this study. Study Design: A comparative experimental design (Prospective pre-test post-test design with 2 months follow-up evaluation) . Children will be assessed by measuring the drooling before and after two months of receiving intervention.

Conditions

• Drooling
• Kinesiotape
• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	KINESIOTAPE	kinesiotape will be applied on orbicularis oris muscle
OTHER	oromotor training	selected oromotor training: Perioral sensory stimulation ,Tapping,Tongue pressure,Jaw exercises andIntraoral stimulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-12
• Primary completion: 2022-02-26
• Completion: 2022-08-11
• First posted: 2022-09-01
• Last updated: 2022-09-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt