NCT05406076

the Efficacy of Oral Motor Therapy in Children With Autism

A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study of the Efficacy of Oral Motor Therapy in Children With Autism

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Children with Autism spectrum disorders have speech disorders, which in turn aggravate communication difficulties and lead to an increase in their core symptoms. This experiment attempts to investigate the efficacy of Chinese language oral motor therapy in improving various aspects of articulation, language ability, and behavior of children with autism in conjunction with the International General Autism Scale, and provides a basis for the rational formulation of clinical treatment plans.

Detailed description

Oral Motor Therapy (OMT) is a treatment process that uses tactile and proprioceptive stimulation techniques to promote the normalization of the sensory perception of the mouth (jaw, lips, tongue), suppress abnormal mouth movement patterns, and establish normal mouth movement patterns, following the principles of motor skill development. This study investigates the efficacy of Chinese language oral motor therapy on improving various aspects of articulation, language ability, and behavior of children with autism. The study is divided into two parts, each eight weeks long. Eighty subjects who met the inclusion/exclusion criteria were randomly divided into 2 groups: the experimental group and the control group, in a 1:1 ratio. The experimental group was treated with 2 months of ABA+oral motor therapy followed by 2 months of ABA therapy; the control group was treated with 2 months of ABA therapy followed by 2 months of ABA+oral motor therapy. Each subject underwent ABC, CARS, S-S, VB-MAPP, and ABLLS-R assessments before enrollment, 2 months after enrollment, and after discharge from the group.

Conditions

• Autism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	oral motor therapy	Rigorous Chinese language oral motor therapy, including treatment of oral perceptual disorders and treatment of oral motor disorders. The treatment follows three basic principles: a combination of basic training and specific treatment; a combination of self-help and assisted treatment; and a combination of exercises, cues, and stimulation techniques. 30-40 min/session, 1 session/day, 5 sessions/week.
BEHAVIORAL	ABA	The mainstream ASD intervention approach with evidence-based support is currently recognized worldwide. Treatment follows the operational core principles of ABA, which are to establish learning goals based on the child's ability level, design teaching situations and select reinforcers for them, change the child's behavior problems with operational constraints, and to eliminate or improve problem behaviors through appropriate interventions to shape new adaptive behaviors. The training time is at least 20 hours per week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2022-06-06
• Last updated: 2022-10-27