Assessment and Treatment for Salivation in Children with Cerebral Palsy (review)
WANG Li-jiang
JI Jing-li
WEN Shu-jing
HOU Mei
Abstract：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.
Keywords：cerebral palsysalivationassessmenttreatmentreview
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 299-302 )