Prediction of Tongue Base Obstruction During Sleep

Not yet recruitingOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

48

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2025

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2026

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2026

Conditions
Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing
Interventions
OTHER

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.)."

OTHER

ENT assessment

Data from the ENT appointment will be collected (e.g., sex, height, weight)

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy

A Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy will be performed, recorded, and evaluated by two blinded raters using the IPSES scale.

Trial Locations (1)

1200

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Université Catholique de Louvain

OTHER

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