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- Title
Global Motor, Oral and Deglutition Characteristics in Children with Cerebral Palsy.
- Authors
Santos de Queiroz, Moisés Andrade; Estrela Barbosa, Priscilla Mayara; Laurindo Porto, Andréa Cintia; Nogueira de Andrade, Izabella Santos
- Abstract
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a disorder in postural and movement tone resulting from involvement in the motor centers of the immature brain. Thus, this work sought to expose the global motor, oral, and deglutition characteristics in children with CP. To this end, it performed a cross-sectional study of 100 children with CP. The data collection consisted in the detection of the main global motor and oral alterations, their repercussions on the deglutition process, and the main manifestations of dysphagia according to different consistencies of food and types of cerebral palsy. All children exhibited global motor and oral alterations. There were significant differences between age and global motor alterations. Alterations in the tongue mobility were more present in spastics (p=<0.031). The main manifestations of dysphagia, in decreasing order of occurrence were: premature liquids spillage (70%), cough (60%), decreased bolus formation in solids (57,9%), presence of food residues in the oral cavity (47,4%), increased pasty oral transit (47,1%) and presence of wet voice after the liquids swallowing (30%). Therefore, the influence of pelvic instability and compensatory patterns was observed in the presence of clinical signs of tracheal aspiration. Regardless the type of CP, the global and oral motor alterations lead to deglutition disorders.
- Subjects
POSTURAL balance; CROSS-sectional method; AGE distribution; DEGLUTITION disorders; TONGUE; SPASTICITY; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CEREBRAL palsy; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Health Sciences (2447-8938), 2021, Vol 23, Issue 1, p56
- ISSN
2447-8938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17921/2447-8938.2021v23n1p56-61