Rhythm and Music to Rehabilitate Reading Disorders

NCT ID: NCT02316873

Last Updated: 2014-12-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-09-30

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether music training is an effective treatment of reading disorders

Detailed Description

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Introduction: Children with dyslexia show deficits in temporal processing, both in language and in music. Musical activity increases phonological awareness, word segmentation, working memory, as well as reading abilities in children with typical development, a compelling evidence for a role of music training in fostering brain plasticity. Within this theoretical framework, we investigate the hypothesis that music training, by improving temporal processing and rhythm abilities, improves phonological awareness and reading skills in children with dyslexia.

Methods: The study is a prospective, multicenter, open randomized controlled trial, consisting of test, rehabilitation and re-test

Conditions

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Reading Disability

Keywords

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music training, rhythm

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Music training

twice a week one hour for 30 weeks, music training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This program was based on the Kodaly and Orff pedagogy and adapted to focus on rhythm and temporal processing.

Visual arts

twice a week one hour for 30 weeks, visual arts training

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Visual arts

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This program emphasized visual-spatial and hand skills as well as creativity.

Interventions

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Music training

This program was based on the Kodaly and Orff pedagogy and adapted to focus on rhythm and temporal processing.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Visual arts

This program emphasized visual-spatial and hand skills as well as creativity.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Italian native language
* Reading performance (accuracy and/or speed) failed on at least two of three school grade standardized Italian tests: text, words, pseudowords (cut-offs: z-score \<-1.8 standard deviations from the mean for speed scores, a score \<5th percentile in the accuracy scores).
* Hearing and neurological examination within normal range
* Normal or corrected-to-normal visual acuity
* General IQ \>85 at Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III.

Exclusion Criteria

* Presence of comorbidity involving Attentional Deficit Disorders with Hyperactivity (ADHD)
* Presence of comorbidity involving Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
* Presence of comorbidity involving Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
* Severe emotional-relational impairments
* Previous formal musical or painting education for more than one year, other on-going treatment.
* Presence of other diseases (i.e. diabetes , cystic fibrosis, asthma...) that could influence the performance in cognitive and executive functions.
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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WHO Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Roma La Sapienza

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Aix Marseille Université

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Daniele Schon

PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Flaugnacco E, Lopez L, Terribili C, Montico M, Zoia S, Schon D. Music Training Increases Phonological Awareness and Reading Skills in Developmental Dyslexia: A Randomized Control Trial. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 25;10(9):e0138715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138715. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26407242 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ReMus R-11-85

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id