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Tongue Muscular Assessment in Children (TMAC) - Reproducibility Testing
Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain
Summary
This study aims to assess intra-rater and inter-rater reliability in measuring tongue motor skills in children.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
4 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
56
Start Date
2024-10-15
Completion Date
2026-02-01
Last Updated
2024-12-06
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Sleep quality assessment
1\. Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire.
Anthropometry
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
Tongue strength assessment
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.
Tongue endurance assessment
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.
Orofacial praxis assessment
8\. Motricité Bucco-Linguo-Faciale (MBLF) test.
Locations (1)
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, Belgium