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
Active Locations (1)
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Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute
Roma, Italy, 00165