Impulse Control in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
Completed
- Conditions
- Tourette Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: Routine tests perform
- Registration Number
- NCT04197804
- Lead Sponsor
- I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio
- Brief Summary
The study intends to evaluate the role of Mirror Neurons in the determination of gestures, words, and repetitive vocalizations in subjects affected by Tourette's syndrome and to verify if these subjects are faster to assemble sounds, in phonology and morphology, than the non-pathological population.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
TOURETTE GROUP
- Consecutive patients belonging to the Tourette Center
- Caucasian
- Italian mother-tongue
- Age between 6 and 10 years completed
- Male and female 4: 1 (16 males and 4 females)
- Diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome for at least 1 year
- Presence of a value of YGTSS> 50%
NOT GROUP TOURETTE
- Caucasian
- Italian mother-tongue
- Age between 6 and 10 years completed
- Male and female 4: 1 (16 males and 4 females)
Exclusion Criteria
TOURETTE GROUP
- Diagnosis of DSA
- Presence of significant psychiatric disorders, with the exception of those belonging to the Tourette Syndrome itself (eg ADHD, OCD).
NOT GROUP TOURETTE
- Diagnosis of DSA
- Presence of significant psychiatric disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Tourette group Routine tests perform 20 subjects with Tourette Syndrome undergoing an evaluation to identify the IQ. Subsequently, 4 tasks are presented. The 1st (with a duration of about 2 and a half minutes) and the 2nd (with a duration of about 2 minutes) concerning the motor field, the 3rd (with duration of about 1 minute) and the 4th (with duration of about 3 minutes) concerning the linguistic field. Control group Routine tests perform 20 subjects without Tourette Syndrome subjected to an evaluation to identify the IQ. Subsequently 4 tasks are presented. The 1st (with a duration of about 2 and a half minutes) and the 2nd (with a duration of about 2 minutes) concerning the motor field, the 3rd (with duration of about 1 minute) and the 4th (with duration of about 3 minutes) concerning the linguistic field.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Tourette syndrome and the imitation of gestures Through study completion, an average of 1 year The aim is to investigate the correlation between Mirror Neurons and Tourette Syndrome defining the greater propensity of the Tourettian subjects to imitate gestures, through the administration of the first Task
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi
🇮🇹Milan, Italy