Prediction of Tongue Base Obstruction During Sleep
Tongue Motor Functions Assessment as a Screening Tool for Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children
Université Catholique de Louvain
48 participants
Aug 22, 2025
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Conditions
Summary
This study investigates the hypothesis that, in children, tongue motor functions can predict both the anatomical site and the degree of upper airway obstruction contributing to obstructive sleep-disordered breathing.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Age between 6 and 17 years old
- Medical diagnosis of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing requiring surgical removal of tonsils (partial or total) and/or adenoids
- Positive Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (8 or more positive responses)
- Eligibility for surgical intervention
Exclusion Criteria5
- Neurological, cardiac, or respiratory comorbidity other than obstructive sleep-disordered breathing
- Previous surgery of the upper airway or oral cavity
- History of or current head or neck cancer
- Cranial, upper airway, or oral cavity malformation
- Contraindication to performing endoscopy
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Interventions
* Tongue motor skills (Tongue pressures and tongue mobility, assessed through the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument and the Motricité Bucco-Linguo-Faciale tongue subscore, respectively) * Tongue restriction of mobility due to its frenulum (assessed through the Quick Tongue-Tie assessment tool) * Breathing Pattern (questionnaire from Abreu RR, Rocha RL, Lamounier JA, Guerra AF. Etiology, clinical manifestations and concurrent findings in mouth-breathing children. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2008;84(6):529-535.).
Data from the ENT appointment will be collected (e.g., sex, height, weight)
A Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy will be performed, recorded, and evaluated by two blinded raters using the IPSES scale.
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NCT06792045