NCT06464081

Tongue Muscular Assessment in Children (TMAC) - Reproducibility Testing

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 56 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to assess intra-rater and inter-rater reliability in measuring tongue motor skills in children.

Detailed description

Several motor skills of the tongue can be described: tongue elevation, swallowing, and protrusion. They are all relevant for a wide array of disorders, including neurological, musculoskeletal, and respiratory conditions. An ongoing study by our team is attempting to collect normative data on these motor skills in a pediatric cohort (NCT06166680). From this ongoing study, 56 subjects will be selected to assess the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability in measuring these motor skills.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Sleep quality assessment	1\. Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire.
OTHER	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
OTHER	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.
OTHER	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.
OTHER	Orofacial praxis assessment	8\. Motricité Bucco-Linguo-Faciale (MBLF) test.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-15
• Primary completion: 2026-02-01
• Completion: 2026-02-01
• First posted: 2024-06-18
• Last updated: 2024-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium