Status:

UNKNOWN

The Function of Cricothyroid Muscle and Its Impaction on Mandarin Lexical Tones in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

Lead Sponsor:

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Conditions:

Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis

Eligibility:

All Genders

20+ years

Brief Summary

Mandarin Chinese phonemically distinguishes four tones, with Tone 1 having high-level pitch, Tone 2 high-rising pitch, Tone 3 low-dipping pitch, and Tone 4 high-falling pitch The same segmental contex...

Detailed Description

Purposes: 1. Searching for a standard task to measure CT function by Q-LEMG. 2. Correlate the data among Q-LEMG activity of CT muscle, lexical tone in Mandarin and vocal cord position and its impactio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with acute unilateral vocal palsy
  • Patients with clear conscious and stable mental status

Exclusion

  • Patients with wounds on the neck or with bleeding disorder or serious cardiopulmonary dysfunction
  • Patients who cannot sit for longer than 30 minutes or received other vocal cord treatments before the selection
  • Pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Patients with communication disorder

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2013

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02184377

Start Date

August 1 2013

End Date

December 1 2015

Last Update

July 9 2014

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Linkuo, Taiwan