Clinical trials: Specific Learning Disability, open to volunteers
Developmental Dyslexia
Brain Stimulation With Combined Reading and Motor Training for Children With Dyslexia
This study examines whether combining non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) with an integrated reading-and-motor training program improves reading and phonological processing in 9-year-old boys with developmental dyslexia.
- Trial name
- NCT07781761
- Testing
- Active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Phonological awareness training, Non-targeted fine motor training
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Shahid Beheshti University
Math Learning Disability
Understanding Cognitive-Academic Bidirectionality in Math Learning Disabilities
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of an innovative intervention designed to improve math skills in first graders at risk for math disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT07220746
- Testing
- Coordinated Treatment, Math Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Learning Disabilities
Balance and Motor Skills in SLD Children
This study aimed to evaluate postural control, balance, and fine motor skills in children followed up with a diagnosis of specific learning disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT07419477
- Testing
- -Seated Postural Control Measure, -Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Proficiency Test (two sub-items) for balance, -Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test (JTEFT) and 9-Hole Peg Test to assess hand function
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University
Reading Disability, Reading Problem
The Role of Knowledge Retrieval in Inference-making
This project will (a) examine the relationship between knowledge retrieval and inferencing; (b) determine the effectiveness of an intervention that improves knowledge retrieval and inferencing among struggling readers; and (c)…
- Trial name
- NCT05692973
- Testing
- Role of Knowledge Retrieval, Inference Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 316 people
- Sponsor
- William Jewell College
ADHD, Dyslexia
Dual Executive Function Training Package
Executive function (EF) refers to the cognitive processes that enable goal-directed regulation of thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.
- Conditions
- ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism
- Trial name
- NCT07262853
- Testing
- Executive Function Training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 288 people
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Stuttering, Developmental, Dyslexia
Investigating Individual Differences in Speech Motor Skills in Neurotypical Speakers and Persons With Disordered Speech
This study aims to understand how people use different types of feedback to control their speech. When an individual speaks, the brain relies on several systems at the same time, such as sensory systems that monitor an…
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Developmental, Dyslexia, Healthy Participants
- Trial name
- NCT07459803
- Testing
- Unpredictable auditory feedback perturbation: 2 behavioral sessions, Unpredictable auditory feedback perturbation during tCS: 3 behavioral sessions, Sustained F1 auditory feedback perturbation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Reading Disability
Executive Function in Early Childhood
Despite the fact that a substantial number of school age children struggle with both reading and math acquisition, the brain mechanisms of the overlapping aspects of reading and math skills, thought in part to be linked via…
- Trial name
- NCT03713125
- Testing
- Reading Tutoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Stroke, Dyslexia, Acquired
Neurofeedback Intervention for Reading Deficits in Subacute Stroke
The overall goal of this project is to advance a biologically-based approach to treatment of reading disorders after stroke, which will expand the limits of cognitive rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- ReadingNFB (NCT04875936)
- Testing
- Motor Imagery and Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Aphasia, Stroke
ReadMap: Reading in Stroke Alexia and Typical Aging
Loss of reading ability due to stroke, called alexia, likely affects over a million Americans at any given time and causes difficulty performing many daily life functions, such as paying bills, using email/text, reading for…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Stroke, Alexia
- Trial name
- ReadMap (NCT06700005)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Pain, Musculoskeletal Manipulations
Effects of a Protocol of Hip Flexor Stretching on Chronic Mechanical, Non-specific LBP.
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of a stretching, exercise and education protocol versus usual care in improving pain, function and disability in patients with non-specific mechanical chronic low…
- Conditions
- Pain, Musculoskeletal Manipulations, Low Back Pain, Mechanical
- Trial name
- HipFlexinCLBP (NCT06975345)
- Testing
- Multicomponent intervention. Hip flexors stretching, Strengthening exercises and education and medical treatment (Medication and medical counselling), Medical treatment.
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Developmental Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disorder
Dynamic Assessment of the Risk for Language and Reading Disorders in Monolingual and Multilingual Children
The project represents the completion of a part of the recently concluded European project MultiMind, in which a computer platform called MuLiMi was developed and validated.
- Trial name
- NCT06937255
- Testing
- computerized Dynamic Assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder
A Developmental Framework For Linking Phonological And Morpho-syntactic Sequential Pattern Rules In DLD: Production
The broad aim of this clinical study is to assess the hypothesis that morphological and phonological deficits are linked by a broader deficit in sequential pattern learning.
- Conditions
- Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Sound Disorder, Specific Language Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT04558541
- Testing
- Sensitivity to phonological rules, Sensitivity to semantic category cues.
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Development Delay
Task Specific vs Basketball-Based Balance Training in Children With Developmental Delay
To compare the effects of task specific balance training vs task-oriented basketball training on balance and motor skills in children with developmental delay
- Trial name
- NCT07015619
- Testing
- Task Specific Balance Training, Task-oriented Basketball Training
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences
Specific Learning Disabilities, Dental Plaque
Plaque Removal Efficiency in Children With Specific Learning Disabilities
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of toothbrushing education on plaque removal in children aged 7-12 years with specific learning disabilities (SLD) and to compare their plaque removal performance with healthy…
- Conditions
- Specific Learning Disabilities, Dental Plaque, Oral Hygiene
- Trial name
- PRE-SLD (NCT07611942)
- Testing
- Standardized Toothbrushing Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
Chronic Low Back Pain (Non-specific, Uncomplicated)
Pain Education and Patient-led Goal Setting in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomised Controlled Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effectiveness of two treatments for adults with chronic low back pain. The main question this study seeks to answer is "In adults with chronic low back pain, what is the…
- Trial name
- CAPACITY (NCT06620133)
- Testing
- Pain education and patient-led goal setting, Guideline-based written advice
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 392 people
- Sponsor
- Neuroscience Research Australia
Specific Language and Learning Disorders (SLLD)
Study of the Value of Trio Exome Sequencing in the Etiological Assessment of Specific Non-syndromic Language and Learning Disorders
Specific language and learning disorders (SLLD) affect around 5-10% of school-aged children, or 1-2 child(ren) per class. SLLDs correspond to the impairment of a specific cognitive function and are divided into 5 categories…
- Trial name
- TSLA ES (NCT05939739)
- Testing
- Blood samples, Consultation for results delivery, Study Humanities and Social Sciences
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Developmental Language Disorder, Reading; Difficult
Promoting Caregiver Implementation of an Effective Early Learning Intervention
The goal of this study is to examine the impact of a caregiver-implemented shared reading program, Sit Together and Read (STAR), on children ages 4 to 5 with developmental language disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT06275815
- Testing
- Sit Together and Read (STAR), Monetary Reward, Text Encouragement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Math Learning Disability, Learning Disabilities
Intervention on Mathematical Problem-Solving Skills
The purpose of this study is to investigate neurocognitive mechanisms underlying response to intervention aimed at enhancing and remediating weaknesses in arithmetic skills in children, including those with mathematical learning…
- Conditions
- Math Learning Disability, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Child, Dyscalculia
- Trial name
- NCT07778706
- Testing
- Speeded practice training, Arithmetic strategy training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stroke, Dyslexia, Acquired
Acquired Dyslexia Modeling and Treatment
This study is a low-risk, early phase 1, multicenter trial to test the use of a computational (neural network) cognitive model of reading to simulate acquired dyslexia and its treatment.
- Trial name
- AMT (NCT07209488)
- Testing
- Phono-Motor Therapy, Semantic Feature Analysis
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Children, Only, Vestibular Disorder
Vestibular and Postural Function in Children Suspected of Balance Disorders
The goal of this prospective cohort study is to investigate the vestibular function in children suspected of balance disorders, and to follow up on their balance progressions after rehabilitation.
- Conditions
- Children, Only, Vestibular Disorder, Vestibular Function Disorder, Development Delay
- Trial name
- VASIC (NCT06229704)
- Testing
- video Head Impulse Test, Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential, Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Gødstrup Hospital