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Assessing Fatiguability of Tongue Muscles in MS

NCT03817073 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients with subjective dysphagia will be tested for tongue strength fatigue using a strictly defined fatigue paradigm. A maximum of 40 sets will be performed, each set consisting of 5 repetitions of 80% of maximum isometric pressure (MIP) at the anterior tongue, followed by a MIP at the anterior tongue. Cut-off criteria are a MIP \<50% of the baseline MIP, pronounced subjective discomfort and/or exceeding the allocated test time of 30 minutes.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI)

Using biofeedback to attain repetitions of 80% of baseline MIP.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Revalidatie & MS Centrum Overpelt

    collaborator OTHER

  • Thomas More Kempen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan Vanderwegen · Thomas More University College

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2021-07-01
Completion
2021-07-01

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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Diseases

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