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Tongue Muscular Assessment in Healthy Children

ConditionHealthy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age4-17
SponsorUniversité Catholique de Louvain

About this trial

This study aims to obtain normative values for tongue motor functions in healthy children.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being between the ages of 4 and 17

Disqualifiers

Eating disorder

Dysphagia

Cardiorespiratory disorder

Neurological disorder (including neuromuscular disorders)

Trial population

Healthy children between the ages of 4 to 17

Trial design

Design model

Other

Time perspective

Other

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sleep quality assessment

    Other intervention

    The following item will be assessed in all subjects (n=420): 1\. Sleep, through the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire.

  • Anthropometry

    Other intervention

    The following items will be assessed in all subjects (n=420): 2\. Anthropometric data : 2.1 Height; 2.2 Weight; 2.3 Maximal mouth opening; 2.4 Maximal mouth opening with tongue to palate (with the Quick Tongue-Tie assessment tool)

  • Tongue strength assessment

    Other intervention

    The following items will be assessed in all subjects (n=420): 3\. Tongue pressure (in kPa) exerted against the IOPI (Iowa Oral Performance Instrument) bulb while swallowing. 4\. Tongue peak pressure (i.e., the maximal pressure - Pmax - exerted against the IOPI bulb) during 3 sec. of tongue elevation. 5\. Tongue peak pressure during 3 sec. of tongue protrusion.

  • Tongue endurance assessment

    Other intervention

    The following items will be assessed in all subjects (n=420): 6\. The tongue endurance (i.e., the time to task failure in maintaining a pressure equal to 50%Pmax against the IOPI bulb) during tongue elevation. 7\. The tongue endurance during tongue protrusion.

  • Orofacial praxis assessment

    Other intervention

    \- The following item will be assessed in a subset of subjects (n=31): 8. Orofacial praxis through the Motricité Bucco-Linguo-Faciale (MBLF) test.

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Healthy children5 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Tongue peak pressure during elevation and protrusion movements

Tongue peak pressure during elevation and protrusion movements will be measured via the IOPI (Iowa Oral Performance Instrument) device

Time frame
At baseline

Secondary outcomes

1

Tongue mobility restriction

Assessed through the ratio between maximal mouth opening and maximal mouth opening with tongue to palate, measured with the Quick Tongue-Tie Assessment tool

Time frame
At baseline
2

Orofacial praxis

In a subset of subjects (n=31), orofacial praxis will be assessed through the Motricité Bucco-Linguo-Faciale (MBLF) test

Time frame
At baseline
3

Tongue endurance during elevation and protrusion movements

Tongue endurance during elevation and protrusion movements will be measured via the IOPI device and a timer

Time frame
At baseline
4

Tongue pressure during swallowing

Tongue pressure during swallowing will be measured via the IOPI device

Time frame
At baseline

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Université Catholique de Louvain

Lead sponsor

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