Actively Recruiting
Tongue-strengthening Exercises in People With ALS.
Led by Nova Southeastern University · Updated on 2026-05-11
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
139 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study is testing a tongue exercise program for people living with ALS to see if it can help support speech and swallowing. All participants will receive the treatment, and researchers will measure changes over time by comparing each person's results to their own earlier results. People who join the study will have two in-person visits and four weekly telehealth sessions with a speech-language pathologist. During these sessions, participants will practice tongue resistance exercises, complete speech and swallowing tasks, and answer surveys about their experience. They will also use a small device at home to measure tongue strength and swallowing. The exercise program involves pressing the tongue against a device several times a day, five days per week, for five weeks. Researchers want to learn if this program is safe, practical, and helpful for people with ALS.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Tongue-strengthening Exercises in People With ALS.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of possible, probable, or definite ALS (El-Escorial Revisited)
- No prior lingual exercises
- Impaired tongue strength compared to normal data
- EAT-10 score less than 3
You will not qualify if you...
- History of stroke
- History of head injury
- History of head and neck cancer
- Presence of tracheostomy
- Other neurogenic disorders
- Recent oral surgery other than routine dental surgery
- Unable to generate tongue pressure on manometer
- Participation in another clinical trial that may affect results
- Not able to eat or drink by mouth (NPO)
- Unable to speak (anarthric)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, Florida, United States, 33314
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
R
Raquel Garcia, SLP.D.
CONTACT
L
Lauren Tabor Gray, Ph.D.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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