Tongue Muscular Assessment in Children (TMAC) - Reproducibility Testing
Université Catholique de Louvain
56 participants
Oct 15, 2024
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Conditions
Summary
This study aims to assess intra-rater and inter-rater reliability in measuring tongue motor skills in children.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Aged between 4 and 17 years old
Exclusion Criteria10
- Eating disorder
- Dysphagia
- Cardiorespiratory disorder
- Neurological disorder (including neuromuscular disorders)
- Previous or ongoing obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
- Previous or ongoing cancer of the head or neck
- Previous oral or pharyngeal surgery (except for the surgical removal of wisdom teeth)
- Cranial, oral or upper airway malformation (ex.: nasal cavities, pharynx)
- Previous or ongoing orthodontic treatment (e.g. braces)
- More than 33% of positive answers to the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (≥ 8/22)
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Interventions
1\. Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire.
2\. Anthropometric data : 2.1 Height; 2.2 Weight; 2.3 Maximal mouth opening; 2.4 Maximal mouth opening with tongue to palate The measures 2.3 and 2.4 will be realized via the Quick Tongue-Tie assessment tool
3\. Tongue pressure while swallowing. 4. Tongue peak pressure during tongue elevation. 5. Tongue peak pressure during tongue protrusion. These measures will be realized via the IOPI (Iowa Oral Performance Instrument) device.
6\. The tongue endurance during tongue elevation. 7. The tongue endurance during tongue protrusion. These measures will be realized via the IOPI (Iowa Oral Performance Instrument) device and a timer.
8\. Motricité Bucco-Linguo-Faciale (MBLF) test.
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NCT06464081