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Effect of Functional Chewing Training on Tongue Thrust and Drooling in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT03194048 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2017-06-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study examined the effect of Functional Chewing Training(FuCT) on tongue thrust and drooling in children with cerebral palsy.

Conditions

  • Mastication Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Functional Chewing Training

FuCT; * Family training * Providing optimal sitting posture for children to support oral sensorimotor functions * Positioning the food to the molar area during every meal to stimulate lateral and rotational tongue movements * Massage of the upper and lower gums through the front teeth to molar area * Chewing training to stimulate lateral and rotational tongue movements * Gradually increasing the food consistency, for 12 weeks in 5 sets (1 set = 20 min) each day

OTHER

Classical Oral Motor Exercises

Classical Oral Motor Exercises; * Family training * passive and active lip and tongue exercises, for 12 weeks in 5 sets (1 set = 20 min) each day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Özgü İnal · Hacettepe University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-16
Primary Completion
2015-12-20
Completion
2016-04-01

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