University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Ankara, Turkey.
University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Department of Pediatrics - Ankara, Turkey.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2023 Oct 9;69(10):e20230383. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20230383. eCollection 2023.
This study investigated the efficacy of kinesiology taping application in premature infants with dysphagia.
A total of 60 premature newborns (born ≤37weeks' gestational age who reached the age ≥34 weeks of postmenstrual age) with sucking and swallowing problems were randomly assigned to the kinesiology taping group [n=31; 18 males, 13 females; mean postmenstrual age 35.4 weeks (SD 0.9 weeks, range 34-38 weeks)] or control group without kinesiology taping application [n=29; 16 males, 13 females; mean postmenstrual age age 35.6 weeks (SD 1.4 weeks, range 34-40 weeks)].
Kinesiology taping group yielded significant improvement in the oral reflexes (p<0.001) and in the sucking functions including tongue movement, sucking power, number of sucks and sucking pause, maintenance of alertness, jaw movement, tongue cupping, and maintenance of rhythm (p<0.001, p=0.011, p=0.002, and p=0.001, respectively). There was a significant difference in favor of the taping group with respect to the number of neonates whose feeding improved (26 (84%) vs. 7 (24%), p<0.001).
The results of this study show that kinesiology taping can be applied as a safe and effective method to improve feeding functions in premature infants with sucking and swallowing difficulties.
本研究旨在探讨运动贴扎对吞咽困难早产儿的疗效。
共纳入 60 例有吸吮和吞咽问题的早产儿（出生胎龄≤37 周，达到的校正胎龄≥34 周），随机分为运动贴扎组（n=31；男 18 例，女 13 例；平均校正胎龄 35.4 周（标准差 0.9 周，范围 34-38 周））和未应用运动贴扎的对照组（n=29；男 16 例，女 13 例；平均校正胎龄 35.6 周（标准差 1.4 周，范围 34-40 周））。
运动贴扎组口腔反射（p<0.001）和吸吮功能（包括舌运动、吸吮力、吸吮次数和吸吮暂停、警觉度、下颌运动、舌杯状、维持节律）均显著改善（p<0.001，p=0.011，p=0.002，p=0.001）。贴扎组改善喂养的新生儿比例显著高于对照组（26（84%） vs. 7（24%），p<0.001）。
本研究结果表明，运动贴扎可作为一种安全有效的方法，改善有吸吮和吞咽困难的早产儿的喂养功能。
