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

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East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States, 37614