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Prediction of Tongue Base Obstruction During Sleep
Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain
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.
Official title: Tongue Motor Functions Assessment As a Screening Tool for Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
48
Start Date
2025-04
Completion Date
2026-09
Last Updated
2025-03-25
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Physiotherapist assessment
* 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.).
ENT assessment
Data from the ENT appointment will be collected (e.g., sex, height, weight)
Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy
A Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy will be performed, recorded, and evaluated by two blinded raters using the IPSES scale.
Locations (1)
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, Belgium