Tongue Protrusion Assessment in Healthy Adult (FLEPI)

RecruitingOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

300

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 11, 2023

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2024

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2024

Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
OTHER

Assessment of motor skills of the tongue and others muscles, see below) and risk for sleep apnea

"The following items will be assessed:~1. Risk for sleep apnea, through the STOP-BANG Questionnaire.~2. Anthropometric data: Height, weight, neck circumference, maximal mouth opening and maximal mouth opening with tongue to palate (with the Quick Tongue-Tie Assessment tool).~3. Tongue peak pressure (i.e., the maximal pressure - Pmax - exerted against the IOPI bulb in kPa) during 3 sec. of tongue protrusion and elevation.~4. Tongue endurance (i.e., the time to task failure in maintaining a pressure equal to a fixed percentage of Pmax against the IOPI bulb) during tongue protrusion and elevation~5. Tongue mobility restriction measured with the Quick Tongue-Tie Assessment Tool~6. Maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressures measured with MicroRPM in cmH2O~7. Handgrip strength (measured with a JAMAR dynamometer in kg)~Tongue skills measurements will be repeated 2 to 4 weeks after baseline to assess the reliability of these measurements."

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

RECRUITING

UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Université Catholique de Louvain

OTHER