Gholami Zohreh, Poorjavad Marziyeh, Nouri Rasool
Speech Therapy Department, Rehabilitation School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Health Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Dysphagia. 2025 Apr;40(2):311-326. doi: 10.1007/s00455-024-10739-6. Epub 2024 Aug 3.
Following the expansion of interdisciplinary communication among rehabilitative service providers, new techniques have been introduced for treating swallowing disorders. Kinesio taping (KT) is one of the recently noticed techniques in the rehabilitation of swallowing and feeding disorders. Given the novelty of this technique in research and practice, the present scoping review aimed to summarize the available evidence on the effects of KT on the oropharyngeal function related to swallowing, and to identify current knowledge gaps to guide future studies. The initial comprehensive search was conducted in the six databases in November 2022 and then was updated in June 2023. Studies were independently reviewed by two authors to exclude all types of reviews and study protocols, studies published only in an abstract form and also studies that used KT for improving voice and dysarthria symptoms. The methodology of the included studies was also critically appraised using Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) standard tools by two authors. The results of the studies were categorized and reported based on their overall objectives. In final analysis, 21 articles were described. Study designs ranged from randomized control trials (RCTs) to the case reports. The effects of KT had been investigated on drooling, oral feeding skills of infants, immediate activation of swallowing muscles, and management of dysphagia in patients with stroke or cerebral palsy (CP). Although innovative approaches to use KT as a therapeutic method in swallowing disorders have been investigated in the studies, there are many methodological limitations that affected validity of the results. In general, it seems there is not enough evidence to add KT to the usual management of feeding and swallowing disorders yet. Further studies, therefore, are required to achieve more accurate conclusions in each of the objectives summarized in this study.
随着康复服务提供者之间跨学科交流的扩大，已经引入了治疗吞咽障碍的新技术。肌内效贴布（KT）是最近在吞咽和进食障碍康复中受到关注的技术之一。鉴于该技术在研究和实践中的新颖性，本范围综述旨在总结关于KT对与吞咽相关的口咽功能影响的现有证据，并确定当前的知识空白以指导未来的研究。最初的全面检索于2022年11月在六个数据库中进行，然后在2023年6月进行了更新。由两位作者独立审查研究，以排除所有类型的综述和研究方案、仅以摘要形式发表的研究以及使用KT改善嗓音和构音障碍症状的研究。两位作者还使用乔安娜·布里格斯研究所（JBI）的标准工具对纳入研究的方法进行了严格评估。根据研究的总体目标对研究结果进行分类和报告。最终分析中描述了21篇文章。研究设计从随机对照试验（RCT）到病例报告不等。已经研究了KT对流涎、婴儿口腔进食技能、吞咽肌肉的即时激活以及中风或脑瘫（CP）患者吞咽困难管理的影响。尽管在研究中已经探讨了将KT用作吞咽障碍治疗方法的创新方法，但存在许多方法学上的局限性影响了结果的有效性。总体而言，似乎尚无足够证据将KT添加到喂养和吞咽障碍的常规管理中。因此需要进一步研究，以在本研究总结的每个目标上得出更准确的结论。
