Clinical and Instrumental Evaluation of Swallowing in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01031771

Acronym

Enrollment

Registered

2009-12-15

Start date

2009-02-28

Completion date

2009-11-30

Last updated

2009-12-15

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Conditions

Cerebral Palsy, Deglutition Disorders

Keywords

Cerebral Palsy, Deglutition, Deglutition disorders, Endoscopy

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to correlate the alimentary consistencies and deglutition disorders in children with cerebral palsy.

Detailed description

Cross-sectional and quantitative study with sample consisted of 50 children with cerebral palsy. The data collection consisted in detection of the main dysphagic manifestations in different consistency of food and types of cerebral palsy.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CROSSOVER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Years to 5 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Children with Cerebral Palsy diagnoses were involved, independent from the pre, peri and postnatal factors and from the type of Cerebral Palsy

Exclusion criteria

* Children who presented oropharyngelarynx structural abnormality and/or impossibility to feed by oral way

Outcome results