Impulse Control in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tourette Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Routine tests perform

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04197804

Nessie (PI: M Porta)

L3035 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Tourette group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Routine tests perform

Control group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Routine tests perform