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Objective To analyze the incidence and severity of drooling in children with cerebral palsy and explore its correlation with oral dyskinesia,dysphagia and gross motor function.Methods A hundred children with cerebral palsy treated in Qingdao Women's and Children's Hospital between July 2013 and 2016 and 50 healthy children examined in the health examination center were assessed using the drooling severity scale,oral motor assessment,a dysphagia disorders survey (DDS) and the gross motor function classification system (GMFCS).The relationship between drooling severity,oral dyskinesia,dysphagia and their gross motor function was analyzed.Results Of the 100 children with cerebral palsy,32％ displayed drooling (at levels Ⅱ through Ⅴ),which was significantly higher than among the healthy controls.Another sixty-eight displayed level Ⅰ drooling.The severity of drooling was significantly different among children with different cerebral palsies.The drooling of children with spastic quadriplegia,dyskinesia or mixed-type cerebral palsy was the most severe,followed by those with ataxia and spastic diplegia whose drooling was often mild.No hemiplegic child drooled at level Ⅱ.Drooling severity was negatively correlated with the oral motor score,but positively correlated with the average DDS and GMFCS scores.Conclusions About one third of cerebral palsy children suffer from drooling.Their drooling severity is closely associated with the type of the cerebral palsy,oral dyskinesia,dysphagia and GMFCS levels.
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Drooling in waking in children older than 4 years is considered as abnormal, which may be resulted from the saliva control barriers in children with cerebral palsy, and impair their nutrition, sociality and mental health, etc. Evaluation of salivation can be subjective and objective, which including visual analogue scale, Teacher Drooling Scale, Drooling Frequency and Severity Scale, drooling quotient and Drooling Impact Scale, etc., in the former, and Saxon test and swab approach, etc., in the latter. The treatment mainly included oral move-ment training, correcting pathological factors, biofeedback, medicine and surgery. Physiotherapy and acupuncture were also reported for sali-vation in children with cerebral palsy.
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Objective To observe the efficacy of Complex Oral Motor Scoring (COMS) and diadochokinetic rate (DR) on evaluation of oral motor dysfunction and speech disorders in children with cerebral palsy. Methods 107 children with cerebral palsy were tested with Chi-nese-version Articulation Test, Simple Oral Motor Scoring (SOMS), COMS and DR. The correlation among SOMS, COMS and DR was analysesd. Results 85 children were abnormal in SOMS and 94 in COMS. Oral dyskinesia was found in all the children with spastic quadri-plegia, dyskinetic, ataxia and mixed type of cerebral palsy, and less in the type of spastic diplegia and hemiplegia. DR was the least in spas-tic quadriplegia, dyskinetic, mixed type of cerebral palsy, more in the type of ataxia and spastic diplegia, and the most in hemiplegia. The co-efficient of correlation among the SOMS, COMS, the longest pronunciation and DR were more than 0.8 (P<0.01). Conclusion The inci-dence and severity of oral dyskinesia and dysarthria are associated with the types of cerebral palsy. There is good correlation among SOMS, COMS, longest pronunciation and DR.
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@#Objective To observe the efficacy of Complex Oral Motor Scoring (COMS) and diadochokinetic rate (DR) on evaluation of oral motor dysfunction and speech disorders in children with cerebral palsy. Methods 107 children with cerebral palsy were tested with Chinese-version Articulation Test, Simple Oral Motor Scoring (SOMS), COMS and DR. The correlation among SOMS, COMS and DR was analysesd. Results 85 children were abnormal in SOMS and 94 in COMS. Oral dyskinesia was found in all the children with spastic quadriplegia, dyskinetic, ataxia and mixed type of cerebral palsy, and less in the type of spastic diplegia and hemiplegia. DR was the least in spastic quadriplegia, dyskinetic, mixed type of cerebral palsy, more in the type of ataxia and spastic diplegia, and the most in hemiplegia. The coefficient of correlation among the SOMS, COMS, the longest pronunciation and DR were more than 0.8 (P<0.01). Conclusion The incidence and severity of oral dyskinesia and dysarthria are associated with the types of cerebral palsy. There is good correlation among SOMS, COMS, longest pronunciation and DR.