Effect of Kinesio-taping Technique on Oral Feeding in Late Preterm Infants

NCT ID: NCT06208228

Last Updated: 2024-01-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 74 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2018-12-31

Brief Summary

Difficulty in feeding among late preterm infants is one of the most significant factors contributing to prolonged hospitalization and re-admissions. By providing support to the sucking and swallowing muscles early in their development, the maturation process can be expedited, allowing for the safe early discharge of preterm infants.

This study aims to investigate the effects of the Kinesio taping technique on feeding muscles and assess feeding and swallowing function in late preterm infants using acoustic analysis of swallowing sounds.

Detailed Description

Problems such as poor nutrition, weak sucking, lack of suck-swallow-respiration coordination, low weight gain are among the factors increasing the risk of morbidity in late preterm infants. Early support of sucking and swallowing muscles for the development of suck-swallow coordination can shorten the maturation process and provide early discharge of late preterm infants. The aim of this study is to document kinesiotape technique to support sucking and swallowing muscles for treating nutritional problems and for reducing nutrition risks and accelerating maturation. According to power of analysis of this study, 74 infants planned to assign to kinesiotaping group or control group randomly. In kinesiotaping group, infants feeding performance will be evaluated by measuring the amount of milk invested, maximum heart rate, oxygen saturation, speed of milk intake and counting the number of swallow during feeding. Kinesiotape will be applied to masseter and hyoid muscles 24 hours later after the birth of the infant. Infants will be evaluated before kinesiotape application, 3 hour later and 24 hour later after the application.

Conditions

Swallow; Preterm Infant; Newborn; Kinesiotaping; Sucking

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

kinesiotape

Kinesiotape application to masseter and hyoid muscles of late preterm infants for improving sucking and swallowing.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesiotaping

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Kinesiotape application to masseter and hyoid muscles of late preterm infants for improving sucking and swallowing.

Control

In this group the late preterm infants won't be applied kinesiotaping to suck and swallow muscles.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Kinesiotaping

Kinesiotape application to masseter and hyoid muscles of late preterm infants for improving sucking and swallowing.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Infants born in Baskent University Ankara Hospital,
• age between 34-36.6 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

• Infants with multiple kongenital anomaly,
• hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy,
• intraventricular and intracranial hemorrhage,
• necrotizing enterocolitis,
• tracheoesophageal fistula,
• diaphragmatic hernia,
• hydrocephalus,
• respiratory distress.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 1 Month
• Maximum Eligible Age: 4 Months
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Ondokuz Mayıs University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nilay Comuk Balci

Associate Proffessor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Nilay Comuk Balci

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ondokuz Mayıs University

Locations

Nilay Çömük Balci

Samsun, Atakum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

KA18/36

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id