Lips and Tongue of Mouth Breathing Children

Mouth Breathing Clinical Trial

Official title:

Posture, Tone and Mobility of Lips and Tongue of Mouth Breathing Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Unknown status

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01296828
• Other study ID #: CEP PUC/SP 302/2008
• Status: Unknown status
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 1, 2011
• Last updated: February 15, 2011
• Start date: October 2009
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2010
• Source: Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Purpose: to characterize the posture, tone and mobility of lips and tongue of mouth breathing children.

Methods: 40 mouth breathing children, 26 (65%) male and 14 (35%) female, aging between 7 and 10 years old, were involved in this research realized in São Paulo, SP, Brazil . It was used the MBGR protocol to evaluate the posture, tone and mobility of lips and tongue of mouth breathing children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Unknown status
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: November 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mouth breathing children diagnosed by doctor.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with mental, neurological or hearing diseases, or with cold or flu at the examination day.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mouth Breathing
• Respiratory Aspiration

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Instituto CEFAC	São Paulo	SP

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo	Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil,