Clinical trials: Nonverbal Communication
Gestures
Cognitive Skills and Iconic Gestures
In this study, cognitive skills will be identified that underlie the production of iconic gestures in individuals with language difficulties.
- Trial name
- NCT03387748
- Testing
- Gesture elicitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Laughter, Stress
Effect of Laughter Yoga on Nursing Students
Nursing students experience different levels of stress due to many reasons such as lifestyle, health, academic performance, competition, choice of profession, new living environment, relationships with peer group and expectations…
- Conditions
- Laughter, Stress, Well-Being, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06175936
- Testing
- Laugther Yoga
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Shaken Baby Syndrome, Crying
Effects of PURPLE Cry Intervention
The proposed study is designed to investigate whether the PURPLE Crying program attains efficacy by optimizing the neural response in the anterior insula, and augmenting activity in regions of the brain known to be important for…
- Conditions
- Shaken Baby Syndrome, Crying, Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT02227979
- Testing
- The Purple Cry Intervention, Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Smiling
Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Gingival Smile
Objective: to evaluate the effect of two gingival smile treatment techniques using botulinum toxin. Materials and methods: The randomized, double-blind clinical trial (patient and examiner) will be conducted by two trained and…
- Trial name
- NCT03812965
- Testing
- Botulinum toxin type A
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Ibirapuera
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nonverbal Communication
Exploring Predictors of Response to a Peer-Mediated Intervention for Preschoolers With ASD
This study will examine what child variables (i.e., social attention and peer interest) predict communication gains in response to a peer-mediated intervention for 40 minimally-verbal preschool children with ASD and 80 peers.
- Trial name
- NCT05277103
- Testing
- Exploring predictors of response to a peer-mediated communication intervention for minimally verbal preschoolers with ASD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Premenstrual Syndrome, Laughter
Premenstrual Syndrome and Laughter Yoga
In addition to physical and emotional effects, premenstrual syndrome can negatively affect the participation in classes, school success, social activities and family relationships of young adolescents in high school.
- Trial name
- NCT06382090
- Testing
- Laughter yoga
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Pain, Acute, Newborns
Effect of Kangaroo Care and Swaddling Methods on Pain Level and Crying Time During Heel Blood Collection
This prospective study is planned as a randomized controlled study with the purpose of determining the effect of kangaroo care and swaddling methods on pain levels and crying times by newborns during heel blood collection.
- Conditions
- Pain, Acute, Newborns, Crying
- Trial name
- NCT06350071
- Testing
- Kangaroo Care, Swaddling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Infantile Colic, Microbial Colonization
The Effect of Probiotic Added to Maternal Diet on Infantile Colic and Intestinal Microbiota Content
This study aims to investigate the effect of probiotic added to the diet of mothers on infantile colic in the postpartum period and the content of the neonatal intestinal microbiota.
- Conditions
- Infantile Colic, Microbial Colonization, Crying
- Trial name
- NCT04374955
- Testing
- Activia Probiotics Shot, Routine care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Halic University
First Impressions, Attractiveness
First Impressions and Attractiveness Levels of Smiling Individuals With and Without a Mask
Evaluation on the effects of smiling on first impressions and attractiveness with and without wearing a facial surgical mask.
- Trial name
- NCT05343559
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 808 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- DeNova Research
Fibromyalgia (FM), Pain
Analysis of Facial Expressions for Pain Recognition in Fibromyalgia: Using Artificial Intelligence and Biomarkers
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome with characteristics of generalized body pain, low pain threshold, tenderness and stiffness in muscles, tendons and joints.
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia (FM), Pain, Catastrophizing Pain
- Trial name
- Fibromyalgia (NCT06813352)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais
Sleep, Mental Health Wellness
Prescribing Laughter for Sleep and Wellbeing in UAE University Students
This study is in line with the UAEs national drive to promote happiness and wellbeing. University students risk impaired psychological health, wellbeing, and sleep due to academic pressures.
- Trial name
- NCT04171245
- Testing
- Laughie laughter prescription, Sleep tracking equipment
- Where
- United Arab Emirates
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zayed University
Abuse, Child, Crying
Take 5 + Audio Clip Randomized Control Trial
At Yale New Haven Hospital, parents on the postpartum ward receive a Take 5 program to help train and prepare parents for strategies to manage their infant's crying.
- Conditions
- Abuse, Child, Crying, Parent-Child Relations
- Trial name
- NCT04608877
- Testing
- Take 5 and Audio Clip, Take 5 Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Social Interaction
Oxytocin and Non-verbal Communication
In this protocol registration, the investigators plan a secondary data analysis of a dataset to explore the effects of intra-nasal oxytocin on the non-verbal expression of affiliation.
- Trial name
- NCT03228901
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale-NUS College
Myopia, Small-incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery
Factor Analysis of Unintended Initial Dissection of the Posterior Plane
To explore the potential factors for unintended initial dissection of the posterior plane in a large sample retrospective analysis and surgeons of different levels.
- Trial name
- NCT05367154
- Testing
- Small incision lenticule extraction
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,003 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yifeng Yu
Glabellar Frown Lines, Rhytides
Split-face Study: Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection Under Electromyography-guidance Versus Conventional Palpation Technique
The aim of this study was to compare between the conventional palpation method of botulinum toxin type A injection and the electromyography-guided method using clinical parameters and electromyography analysis.
- Conditions
- Glabellar Frown Lines, Rhytides, Wrinkle, Facial Expression
- Trial name
- NCT05517538
- Testing
- Electromyography-Needle Intramuscular Drug guidance, Botulinum toxin type A
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mohamed Hayder Oleish Salih
Smiling, Botulinum Toxins, Type A
Effects of Dose and Injection Site for Gummy Smile Treatment With Botulinum Type A
Botulinum type A (BTX-A) is an easy and efficacious treatment for gingival smile (GS). However, its dosage and injection sites effect among patients are controversial.The objective was to compare the reduction of gingival…
- Trial name
- NCT04820543
- Testing
- injection of Botulinum type A
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Improve Gesture Control
The majority of schizophrenia patients is impaired in hand gesture performance, which contributes to poor functional outcome and poor communication skills.
- Trial name
- GesttDCS (NCT03463902)
- Testing
- left IFG anodal, left IFG cathodal, left IPL anodal
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Regulation, Self, Reflective Functioning
Recognizing Children's Needs: Impact on Early Childhood Regulatory Problems
Brief Summary: This study aims to quantitatively examine the relationship between regulatory problems (sleep, feeding, and crying) in infants aged 6-36 months and levels of parental sensitivity and reflective functioning.
- Conditions
- Regulation, Self, Reflective Functioning, Mentalization, Child Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT07249593
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Laughter, Quality of Life
The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Psychological Well-Being
Brief Summary: The definition of individuals with disabilities, who are among the disadvantaged group, is defined by Law No. 5378 as "those who have difficulties in adapting to social life and meeting their daily needs due to the…
- Trial name
- NCT05807698
- Testing
- laughter therapy
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sinop University
Deep Convolutional Neural Network, Small-incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery
Diagnostic Efficacy of CNN in Predicting Intraoperative Complications and Postoperative Outcomes in SMILE
To evaluate the diagnostic efficiency of the neural network in predicting complications of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction in a multi-center cross-sectional study.
- Conditions
- Deep Convolutional Neural Network, Small-incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) Surgery, Intraoperative Complications, Postoperative Outcomes
- Trial name
- NCT06204926
- Testing
- AI diagnostic algorithm
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University