Interference of cervical hyperextension in the swallowing in children with cerebral paralisy / Interferencia da hiperextensão cervical na deglutição de crianças com paralisia cerebral

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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The objective of this paper is to compare the airway protection mechanism during the swallowing in children with cerebral palsy (CP), in two standard postures. The videofluoroscopy evaluation of swallowing was carried out in 18 children from two to 13 years old, from both genders, carriers of specific cerebral palsy conditions: spastic tetraparetic CP, atetosic CP or mixed who are usually fed in cervical hyperextension position. They were offered 3 and 5ml of two opaque food textures: thin paste food and liquid, and also free swallowing in seated position at 90º and cervical hyperextension. The analyses of aspiration and penetration events were conducted following an 8 level-scale (Penetration-Aspiration Scale), according to Rosenbek et. al. (1996), defined by the deepness that the material reaches across the airway and whether the material that enters is expelled or not. The cervical hyperextension was not an efficient compensation and that the swallowing process in this position was as favorable to the traqueal aspiration, as the swallowing process with positioning at 90º. With positioning in cervical hyperextension the children swallowed the smaller volume (3ml), in the liquid texture, with more safety to the airway, compared to the 5ml swallowing and the free swallowing of the same texture and positioning. There were not statistically significant differences between the children swallowing seated at 90º position and in cervical hyperextension; the same occurred with the tested food textures. Ultimately, could be also observed that the children?s age did not present correlation with the answers obtained with any of the remained variables

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gravação em video fluoroscopy disfagia fluoroscopia dysphagia postura deglutition disorders video recording posture transtornos de deglutição

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