Clinical trials: Communication, Nonverbal
Autism Spectrum Disorder
The Predictors for Activity and Participation in Children With ASD: A Follow-up Study
Developmental function and Participation in life and school activities in patients with autism spectrum disorder: A follow-up study
- Trial name
- NCT03700190
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Premenstrual Syndrome, Laughter
Premenstrual Syndrome and Laughter Yoga
In addition to physical and emotional effects, premenstrual syndrome can negatively affect the participation in classes, school success, social activities and family relationships of young adolescents in high school.
- Trial name
- NCT06382090
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Artificial Intelligence Technology, Cognitive Decline
Preliminary Research Using Artificial Intelligence Technology to Identify Differences in Facial Expressions Between Healthy People, Patients With Cognitive Decline, and Patients With Dementia
Through artificial intelligence technology, we have conducted a preliminary study aimed at identifying differences in facial expressions among healthy individuals, patients with cognitive decline, and dementia patients.
- Conditions
- Artificial Intelligence Technology, Cognitive Decline, Dementia, Identify
- Trial name
- NCT06513403
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Schizophrenia
Brain Stimulation And Group Therapy to Improve Gesture and Social Skills in Psychosis (BrAGG-SoS)
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the effects of 10 sessions of continuous theta burst stimulation and the effects of 16 sessions of social cognitive remediation therapy on gesture performance…
- Trial name
- BrAGG-SoS (NCT04106427)
- Testing
- continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), social cognitive remediation therapy (SCRT)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Cerebellar Diseases
Emotional Communication Disorders in Cerebellar Disease
The cerebellum has been linked to cognitive and emotional functions and there is increasing evidence that damage to posterior portions of the cerebellum can result in frontal-executive, visuospatial, and verbal deficits…
- Trial name
- NCT02106819
- Testing
- Testing of emotional communication ability, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Teaching Behaviors, Sign Language Skills
Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
Strategic and interactive approaches driven by sociocultural, cognitive, and language theories have accumulated a large body of evidence documenting improvements in more complex oral and written language skills.
- Trial name
- SISI (NCT06667102)
- Testing
- Strategic and Interactive Signing Instruction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
First Impressions, Attractiveness
First Impressions and Attractiveness Levels of Smiling Individuals With and Without a Mask
Evaluation on the effects of smiling on first impressions and attractiveness with and without wearing a facial surgical mask.
- Trial name
- NCT05343559
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 808 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- DeNova Research
Infant Sleep and Crying
Effects of Two Swaddling Techniques on Infant Sleep, Crying, and Maternal Comfort
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how two different safe swaddling techniques affect sleep duration, crying duration, and maternal comfort in infants aged 1-4 months and their mothers.
- Trial name
- NCT07868380
- Testing
- Hip-Healthy Swaddling, Midline Flexion Swaddling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Izmir University of Economics
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability
Heart Rate Informed Changes in Care for Non-Communicating Patients
The overarching aim is to generate knowledge to reduce incidence of pain in non-verbal patients' everyday life. The trial will 1) evaluate how HR can be used to identify potentially painful care procedures that should be…
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Communication, Nonverbal
- Trial name
- NCT05738278
- Testing
- HR-informed change in routine, Delayed HR-informed specific change in routine
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Racism, Healthcare Disparities
Assessing Patient-provider Interactions During the Preoperative Anesthesia Consult
This will be a prospective, observational, single-center study to evaluate the effect of race and ethnicity on anesthesia provider-patient interactions.
- Conditions
- Racism, Healthcare Disparities, Minority Health
- Trial name
- IMPLICIT (NCT04508543)
- Testing
- Non-verbal communication score
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Laughter, Self Efficacy
The Effect Of Laughter Therapy On Self-Efficacy
Brief Summary: Laughter is an innate, universal response we give to events in our lives. "Laughter Therapy" is a technique created by combining breathing techniques and laughter and takes its place in complementary medicine.
- Trial name
- NCT05806541
- Testing
- laughter therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
Colic, Healthy Infants
Preventive Effect of a Dietary Supplement With Two Probiotic Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Strains on Excessive Crying and Colic in Healthy Newborns.
This study aims to demonstrate that a dietary supplement, which contains two strains of the probiotic L. reuteri is safe, well tolerated and able to reduce the incidence of colic and excessive crying/fussiness in healthy infants.
- Conditions
- Colic, Healthy Infants, Eczema Atopic Dermatitis
- Trial name
- ProtectPrevent (NCT07347743)
- Testing
- Two probiotic Limosilactobacillus reuteri strains
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 768 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Parkinson
The Effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Facial Expressions.
Whether Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), a treatment commonly used to ameliorate the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), affects on facial expressions is unclear.
- Trial name
- STN-DBS (NCT03558568)
- Testing
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mustafa Kemal University
Shaken Baby Syndrome, Crying
Effects of PURPLE Cry Intervention
The proposed study is designed to investigate whether the PURPLE Crying program attains efficacy by optimizing the neural response in the anterior insula, and augmenting activity in regions of the brain known to be important for…
- Conditions
- Shaken Baby Syndrome, Crying, Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT02227979
- Testing
- The Purple Cry Intervention, Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Laughter Yoga, Midwifery
Midwifery Students and Laughter Yoga
No study was found as a result of the literature review. It is thought that laughter yoga will affect the life satisfaction and sleep quality of individuals due to reasons such as increasing oxygen saturation in the blood…
- Conditions
- Laughter Yoga, Midwifery, Life Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT05773599
- Testing
- laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Anxiety, Chemotherapy Effect
The Effect of Children's Laughter Video on Oncology Patient
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of video playback of children's laughter on anxiety, nausea, vomiting and fatigue levels of patients during chemotherapy
- Conditions
- Anxiety, Chemotherapy Effect, Laughter, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT07051616
- Testing
- Child laughter video
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Neuropsychological Tests, Memory
Adaptation and Normalization of a Verbal Episodic Memory Test in French Sign Language
To date, neuropsychological assessment of deaf signing persons is complicated by a lack of resources, especially the absence of tools available in French Sign Language (LSF).
- Conditions
- Neuropsychological Tests, Memory, Alzheimer Disease, Deafness
- Trial name
- RL-RI-LSF (NCT06902753)
- Testing
- Questionnaire and Physical Exam
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Poitiers University Hospital
Multiple Sclerosis
Safety and Efficacy of AVP-923 for Pseudobulbar Affect in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Pseudobulbar Affect is a condition characterized by frequent episodes of laughing and crying out of proportion. Other terms used to describe this condition include emotional lability, emotionalism, emotion incontinence, emotional…
- Trial name
- NCT00050232
- Testing
- AVP-923
- Where
- 20 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals
Laughter
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Primiparous Pregnant Women
Primiparous women constitute a special risk group who may experience higher levels of fear of childbirth and lower birth self-efficacy during pregnancy due to their lack of prior childbirth experience.
- Trial name
- NCT07360184
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bozok University
Prelingual Deafness, Retention Disorders, Cognitive
Mini-Mental State (MMS-LS) and Sign Language
In France the prevalence of pre-lingual deafness is between 1 and 1.4 per 1000 habitants, and according to very conservative estimates, about 44 000 deaf persons use the sign language.
- Trial name
- MMS-LS (NCT02005679)
- Testing
- application of the mini-mental state test
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 195 people
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University