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The Effect of a Home-based Orofacial Exercise Program on Oral Aperture of Systemic Sclerosis Patients

NCT04336475 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-04-29

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Summary

Systemic sclerosis is a systemic disease which may involve multiple organ systems and cause functional disabilities. Microstomia is one of the most common complications of the disease which may result in difficulties performing oral self-care, complication in professional dental care and even malnutrition in the advanced cases. Since the disease is rare and the studies are limited, there is still not an agreed upon orofacial exercise program to improve the oral aperture of the patients. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of a newly diseased home-based exercise program for improving microstomia in those patient population.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

orofacial exercise program

combined stretching\&strengthening exercise regimen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cukurova University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nihan Cuzdan, MD · MD

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2019-01-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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