Study of Hierarchy of Afferents in Postural Control of Children With Dyslexia (EQUIDYS)

August 23, 2016 updated by: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

The purpose is to determine the hierarchy of sensory afferents according to different forms of dyslexia in children.

The secondary purpose is to determine sensitive and sufficiently specific posturographic indexes for standard diagnosis of different types of dyslexia.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study evaluates the postural control and the importance of proprioception, evaluated by static and dynamic posturography, in dyslexic children compared to age-matched control group. Posturographic data and a questionnaire for motion sickness disorder are used as proprioceptive disorder index. This study aims to better characterize the dyslexic population with techniques targeting central integration of sensory proprioceptive afferents. The purpose of this study is not to search for a postural deficiency syndrome, but to study proprioception with posturography, with quantitative and normalized data of analyzed population. Moreover, these data could allow an objective evaluation of reeducation with quantifiable and reproducible parameters in order to judge its effectiveness. The demonstration of the existence of a relationship between proprioceptive disorders and dyslexia will imply a specific reeducation care of patients. A study using validated and standard indexes is necessary. The presence of postural disorders and a major susceptibility to motion sickness could contribute to distinguish different forms of dyslexia and thus be complementary to actual medical, orthophonic and neuropsychological criteria. In this evaluation, it is important to distinguish between visuo-attentional dyslexia from phonological dyslexia involving distinct anatomo-functional neuronal circuits.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

68

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, France
        • Centre de Référence pour les Troubles des Apprentissages - Hôpital d'Enfants - CHU de Nancy

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

8 years to 13 years (CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

All:

  • Parents of child and child having given informed consent
  • Affiliation to social security
  • Preliminary medical examination

Dyslexia groups:

- Diagnosed and characterized dyslexia

Exclusion Criteria:

All:

  • Medical pathology, especially neurological, ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological or orthopedic, modifying postural control, detected with medical examination
  • Insufficient compliance of child especially due to fatigue
  • Contact allergy to cutaneous electrodes
  • Current treatments: psychotropic drugs and all drugs diminishing awareness or causing dizziness or equilibrium disorders

Control group:

- Patient having a dyslexia or oral or written language disorder

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
  • Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Phonological dyslexia
Children with phonological dyslexia
Other: Posturographic tests
Other: Questionnaire of motion sickness susceptibility
EXPERIMENTAL: Visuo-attentional dyslexia
Children with visuo-attentional dyslexia
Other: Posturographic tests
Other: Questionnaire of motion sickness susceptibility
OTHER: Control
Control children, age-matched
Other: Posturographic tests
Other: Questionnaire of motion sickness susceptibility

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Score of evaluation of motion sickness susceptibility
Time Frame: day 0
day 0
Score of equilibrium evaluated with posturographic test
Time Frame: day 0
day 0

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Philippe PERRIN, Pr, INSERM U954 and Consultation ORL, Hôpital d'Enfants - CHU de Nancy

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2011

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2015

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 23, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 26, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 26, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2011-A00139-32

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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