Status:
COMPLETED
Treatment for Teachers With Vocal Fatigue
Lead Sponsor:
East Tennessee State University
Conditions:
Vocal Fatigue
Treatment
Eligibility:
FEMALE
21-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Teachers are a population at high risk for voice disorders given their occupational demands. In a teaching career, a common debilitating symptom among all vocal symptoms experienced is - vocal fatigue...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female teachers between the ages of 21-60 years Female instructors and college professors between the ages of 21-60 years
- A score of ≥ 15 on factor 1 of the VFI (tiredness and avoidance of voice use) or a score of ≤ 5 on factor 3 of the VFI (improvement of symptoms or lack thereof with rest)
- Sedentary- wherein participants will need to be completing mild intensity cardiovascular exercise less than 150 minutes in less than 5 days per week
Exclusion
- Trained athletes
- Trained singers
- Smoking in the past 6months
- Prior history of a vocal fold pathology and current vocal fold pathology
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 4 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 6 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
31 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04486989
Start Date
February 4 2020
End Date
June 6 2023
Last Update
November 18 2023
Active Locations (1)
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East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, 37614