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Physiotherapy on the Airway of Bruxist Children

NCT01178229 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2010-08-10

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Summary

Objective: to evaluate the effects of physiotherapy on the anteroposterior airway size in a group of bruxist children

Question: Is a physiotherapeutic technique aiming at changing the head posture, effective to increase the anteroposterior dimensions of the upper airway in bruxist children?

Hypothesis: The bruxist children treated with physiotherapy will present higher airway dimensions

Design: randomized clinical trial with allocation and blinding of the examiners.

Participants: 3 to 6 year old children with complete primary dentition, dental and skeletal class I occlusion. The participants were classified as bruxist according to the minimal criteria of the ICSD for bruxism. The children were randomized in an experimental (n=13) and a control (n=13) group.

Intervention: A physiotherapeutic intervention using the Awareness through movement technique was applied to the children of the experimental group once a week, until 10 sessions were completed.

Outcome measures: anteroposterior measurements of the nasopharynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx taken in a lateral cephalogram with standardized techniques.

Conditions

  • Sleep Bruxism
  • Airway Remodeling
  • Physical Therapy Modalities

Interventions

OTHER

Physiotherapy

The physiotherapeutic intervention was based on the Awareness through Movement technique. Ten sessions were planed. Each session lasted three hours. The children of the experimental group and their parents were guided by two physiotherapist and the sessions took place in a room rounded by mirrors. Each session developed as follows: presentation to the parents of the somatic awareness technique for each day; movements, games, motor tales and exercises performed by the children; in each session, a guide book with cartoons was given to the children and their parents to reinforce the exercises at home to keep a long-term result. All the children assisted together to all the sessions and the instructions and instruments given to the children and their parents were the same for all of them.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • CES University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia Restrepo, DDS · Director CES-LPH Research Group

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-06-30
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • Colombia

Study Locations

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