Effect of Kinesiology Taping on Head and Trunk Control in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Kinesiology Taping on Head and Trunk Control in Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05967793
• Other study ID #: Benha University
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2023
• Est. completion date: November 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Egyptian Chinese University
• Contact: Noha Elserty, ASS. prof.
• Phone: 01006709648
• Email: noha.serty[@]fpt.bu.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of muscle diseases that results in increasing weakening and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. The disorders differ in which muscles are primarily affected, the degree of weakness, how fast they worsen, and when symptoms begin. Many people will eventually become unable to walk. Some types are also associated with problems in other organs. The muscular dystrophy group contains thirty different genetic disorders that are usually classified into nine main categories or types.

The signs and symptoms consistent with muscular dystrophy are: progressive muscular wasting, poor balance, scoliosis (curvature of the spine and the back), progressive inability to walk, waddling gait, Calf deformation, Limited range of movement, respiratory difficulty, cardiomyopathy and muscle spasms This study aimed to assess the efficacy of Kinesiology Taping on head and trunk control in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Description:

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy type in childhood. Trunk control is responsible for adaptation during weight transfers, provides and maintains the upright position of the body, organizes postural and correction reactions; and stabilizes the body to perform proximal and distal limb movements, trunk rotations, and making contact between the shoulder and pelvis. In neuromuscular diseases, the trunk is usually ignored both for assessment and treatment as muscle weakness of limbs attracts more attention. Therapists usually focus on activities of lower limb and overhead including standing, walking, climbing, and raising arms to maintain independent mobility in rehabilitation sessions. However, the trunk also gradually gets weaker as the child gets older and this may be associated with movement dysfunction of upper and lower limbs. The Kinesio Taping method is used in the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders, providing either an increase or a decrease in the neural excitation of the muscle, depending on the therapeutic purpose determined after the clinical assessment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: November 2023
• Est. primary completion date: September 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. being at the age of 8-12 years

2. being able to cooperate with the instructions of physiotherapist to perform the assessments and procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. having severe contracture at lower extremities

2. having another neurological and/or musculoskeletal disease diagnosis in addition to DMD. c) having a history of any lower extremity injury or orthopedic/neurologic surgery within the past 6 months.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Muscular Dystrophies
• Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne

Intervention

Other:
• kinesio tape
Kinesio Tape will be applied on paraspinal trunk extensors muscles for 8 weeks, changed every 3 days.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Noha Elserty	Cairo

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Egyptian Chinese University	Benha University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	H-reflex latency and amplitude for trunk extensor	H- reflex will be measured by an electromyogram device, four channels electrodiagnostic system with built in amplifier will be used in prone position for levator scapulae muscles and iliocostalis lumborum muscles	through study completion, an average of 3 months