Status:

UNKNOWN

Use of Low-level Laser Therapy on Children Aged One to Five Years With Energy-protein Malnutrition

Lead Sponsor:

University of Nove de Julho

Conditions:

Malnutrition, Child

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-71 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Malnutrition is a clinical-social disease caused by multiple prenatal, intrauterine and postnatal factors as well as social, political and cultural determinants (distal causes). Despite the global and...

Detailed Description

Laser stimulation of the major salivary glands to produce more saliva occurs through the increase in local circulation due to vasodilatation, the induction of the proliferation of glandular cells and ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children aged one to five years enrolled at the Center for Educational and Nutrition Recovery in the city of Maceió whose parent/guardians signed as statement of informed consent agreeing to the participation of the children.
  • Children suffering of malnutrition.

Exclusion

  • Children aged one to five years not enrolled at the Center for Educational and Nutrition Recovery in the city of Maceió and children whose parents/guardians did not sign a statement of informed consent.
  • Children not suffering of malnutrition.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 30 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03355313

Start Date

September 1 2017

End Date

July 30 2018

Last Update

November 28 2017

Active Locations (2)

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Centro de Educação e Recuperação Nutricional

Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, 57000000

2

University of Nove de Julho

São Paulo, Brazil, 01504000