The relationship between oral-motor involvement and growth: a pilot study in a pediatric population with cerebral palsy.

摘要: Growth retardation in the pediatric cerebral palsy population has been well documented literature. No attempt had made to examine extent which this growth is affected by presence or absence of oral-motor dysfunction. In our retrospective pilot study, 12 children (8 girls, 4 boys) with and impairment was compared an age- sex-matched control group but no impairment. The parameters examined were weight for age, height height. Data analysis used both actual measurements Z scores. Comparisons not only between groups also NCHS standards at 50th percentile specific age sex. Results indicated that depressed (Z score, p = .002) .049) .055). These results suggest a previously undocumented relationship retardation.