Telerehabilitation vs. in Presence Rehabilitation of Reading Disorders Using the Rhythmic Reading Training (RRT)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Developmental Dyslexia
• Interventions: Behavioral: In presence RRT - prototype software; Behavioral: In presence RRT - online platform; Behavioral: Tele-RRT - prototype software; Behavioral: Tele-RRT - online platform

• Registration Number: NCT04995471
• Lead Sponsor: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to compare the effectiveness of telerehabilitation vs. in presence rehabilitation of reading disorders, using a rhythm-based intervention for reading (i.e., Rhythmic Reading Training)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-04-15
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-22
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Study First Submitted: 2021-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-07-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-30
• Study Completion: 2021-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• having been diagnosed with DD (ICD-10 code: F81.0) on the basis of standard inclusion and exclusion criteria (ICD-10: World Health Organization, 1992) and of the diagnosis procedure followed in the Italian practice

Exclusion Criteria

• presence of comorbidity with other neuropsychiatric or psychopathological conditions
• having been involved in previous reading intervention programs in the previous 3 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
In presence RRT - prototype software	In presence RRT - prototype software	10 biweekly in presence sessions of 45 minutes supervised by a trainer
In presence RRT - online platform	In presence RRT - online platform	10 biweekly in presence sessions of 45 minutes supervised by a trainer
Tele-RRT - prototype software	Tele-RRT - prototype software	10 biweekly telerehabilitation sessions of 45 minutes supervised by a trainer
Tele-RRT - online platform	Tele-RRT - online platform	10 biweekly telerehabilitation sessions of 45 minutes supervised by a trainer

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Text reading - MT-3-Clinica Battery	3 months	Text reading accuracy in n. of errors
Pseudo-word reading - DDE-2	3 months	Pseudo-word reading accuracy in n. of errors
Word reading - DDE-2	3 months	Word reading accuracy in n. of errors

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Phonemic awareness task (Judica et al., in press)	3 months	N. of errors in phonemic blending + N. of errors phonemic elision
Rhythm reproduction task	3 months	N. of correctly reproduced rhythmic patterns
Digit span (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV, WISC-IV)	3 months	Forward and backward digit span
Rapid Automatized naming task - RAN (De Luca et al., 2005)	3 months	RAN Speed in seconds

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart; 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy