Tongue Muscular Assessment in Children (TMAC) - Reproducibility Testing

RecruitingOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

56

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 15, 2024

Primary Completion Date

February 1, 2026

Study Completion Date

February 1, 2026

Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
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.

Trial Locations (1)

1200

RECRUITING

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Université Catholique de Louvain

OTHER