Status:

UNKNOWN

Efficacy of Non-Nutritive Sucking (NNS) on Balance and Gait Measured in 12-42 Month-Old Healthy Children Over 36 Months

Lead Sponsor:

Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Artsana S.p.a.

Conditions:

Postural Balance

Gait

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-42 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

No one disputes that fetal sucking in the womb is a natural human right. Available information on whether, how and when to stop children's sucking habits comes from popular cultural misunderstandings ...

Detailed Description

This open pilot RCT will enroll healthy children aged 12 to 42 months coming to the Odonto-stomatology Unit at Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute (OBG) with their parents, who see...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria
  • • Healthy boys and girls ranging in age from 12 to 42 months who tended to prolong NNS.
  • Exclusion criteria
  • Children with craniofacial malformations or with a known or clinically suspected genetic syndrome (for example Down syndrome);
  • Children with atypical swallowing for example tongue interposition, or dysphagia during swallowing caused by tongue interposition;
  • Children who already have mixed dentition.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 10 2019

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    March 30 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    20 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03801785

    Start Date

    November 10 2019

    End Date

    March 30 2025

    Last Update

    July 27 2023

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    Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute

    Roma, Italy, 00165