# Efficacy of Non-Nutritive Sucking (NNS) on Balance and Gait Measured in 12-42 Month-Old Healthy Children Over 36 Months

> **NCT03801785** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute** · enrollment: 20 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Postural Balance
- Gait
- Non-nutritive Sucking
- Sleep
- Muscle Relaxation
- Electroencephalography

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Pacifier

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03801785
- **Lead sponsor:** Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2019-11-10
- **Primary completion:** 2024-12
- **Final completion:** 2025-03-30
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-27

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03801785

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03801785, "Efficacy of Non-Nutritive Sucking (NNS) on Balance and Gait Measured in 12-42 Month-Old Healthy Children Over 36 Months". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03801785. Licensed CC0.

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