Study Results
The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.
Basic Information
Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.
COMPLETED
NA
48 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-09-30
2013-12-31
Brief Summary
Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.
Detailed Description
Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.
Methods: The study is a prospective, multicenter, open randomized controlled trial, consisting of test, rehabilitation and re-test
Conditions
See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.
Keywords
Explore important study keywords that can help with search, categorization, and topic discovery.
Study Design
Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.
RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.
Music training
twice a week one hour for 30 weeks, music training
Music training
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
Visual arts
This program emphasized visual-spatial and hand skills as well as creativity.
Interventions
Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.
Music training
This program was based on the Kodaly and Orff pedagogy and adapted to focus on rhythm and temporal processing.
Visual arts
This program emphasized visual-spatial and hand skills as well as creativity.
Eligibility Criteria
Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.
Inclusion Criteria
* 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 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.
8 Years
11 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.
WHO Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste
OTHER
University of Roma La Sapienza
OTHER
Aix Marseille Université
OTHER
Responsible Party
Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.
Daniele Schon
PhD
References
Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.
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.
Other Identifiers
Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.
ReMus R-11-85
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id