Mikami Denise Lica Yoshimura, Furia Cristina Lemos Barbosa, Welker Alexis Fonseca
a Departamento de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia em Saúde , Universidade de Brasília (UNB) , Campus Ceilândia, Brasília, Brazil.
Dev Neurorehabil. 2019 Jan;22(1):13-18. doi: 10.1080/17518423.2017.1368729. Epub 2017 Sep 21.
To evaluate the effects of Kinesio Taping (KT) of the orbicularis oris muscles as an adjunct to standard therapy for drooling.
Fifteen children with neurological disorders and drooling received speech therapy and twice-weekly KT of the orbicularis muscles over a 30-day period. Drooling was assessed by six parameters: impact on the life of the child and caregiver; severity of drooling; frequency of drooling; drooling volume (estimated by number of bibs used); salivary leak; and interlabial gap. Seven markers of oral motor skills were also assessed.
KT of the orbicularis oris region reduced the interlabial gap. All oral motor skills and almost all markers of drooling improved after 15 days of treatment.
In this sample of children with neurological disorders, adding KT of the orbicularis oris muscles to speech therapy caused rapid improvement in oral motor skills and drooling.
评估口轮匝肌肌内效贴扎术（KT）作为流涎标准治疗辅助手段的效果。
15名患有神经疾病且流涎的儿童接受了言语治疗，并在30天内每周两次对口轮匝肌进行肌内效贴扎术。通过六个参数评估流涎情况：对儿童及照料者生活的影响；流涎严重程度；流涎频率；流涎量（通过使用围嘴的数量估算）；唾液渗漏；以及唇间隙。还评估了七个口腔运动技能指标。
口轮匝肌区域的肌内效贴扎术减小了唇间隙。治疗15天后，所有口腔运动技能以及几乎所有流涎指标均有所改善。
在这个患有神经疾病的儿童样本中，在言语治疗中加入口轮匝肌肌内效贴扎术可使口腔运动技能和流涎情况迅速改善。
