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. 2015 Nov;27(11):3355-7.
doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.3355. Epub 2015 Nov 30.

Immediate effects of Kinesio Taping on the movement of the hyoid bone and epiglottis during swallowing by stroke patients with dysphagia

Seo Yoon Heo  1 , Kyeong Mi Kim  2
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Immediate effects of Kinesio Taping on the movement of the hyoid bone and epiglottis during swallowing by stroke patients with dysphagia

Seo Yoon Heo et al. J Phys Ther Sci. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Kinesio Taping (KT) on the swallowing function of stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Twenty-two stroke patients were randomly assigned to two groups; an experimental group which received KT, and a control group which received no taping intervention. Two-dimensional kinematic analysis was used to determine the displacement of the hyoid bone and the angular variation of the epiglottis using human anatomy-based coordinates. The functional dysphagia scale (FDS) was determined by a videofluoroscopic study (VFSS). [Results] The experimental group presented statistically significant improvements in kinematic changes of the vertical excursion of the hyoid bone and epiglottal rotation. [Conclusion] Clinical use of KT for dysphagia patients should be considered as a treatment approach. In future research, more subjects and more diverse patterns should be studied to accumulate further evidence.

Keywords: Dysphagia; Kinesio Taping; Stroke.

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Fig. 1.
Digital kinematic analysis of the hyoid bone (left) and the epiglottis (right) through control frame of the X, Y-coordinates.
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