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Evaluation of an intensive voice treatment to reduce anterior drooling in children with cerebral palsy : Protocol for a concurrent multiple-baseline, single case experimental design study
McInerney, Michelle Imms, Christine Carding, Paul Nicholas Reddihough, Dinah
McInerney, Michelle
Imms, Christine
Carding, Paul Nicholas
Reddihough, Dinah
Abstract
Anterior drooling is common in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and poses significant risks to the child's health. Causes of drooling include oro-motor dysfunction, inefficient swallowing and reduced sensation in the orofacial musculature. Behavioural interventions are frequently recommended to reduce drooling; however, this is in the absence of high-quality research evidence. This paper describes a protocol for evaluating the effectiveness of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment LOUD (LSVT LOUD®) in reducing drooling; and optimising speech and swallowing in a group of children with CP. A structured and systematic visual analysis supplemented with statistical analyses will be used to analyse the data. The risk of bias in n-of-1 trials (RoBiNT) Scale [1] guided the design and implementation of the study.
Keywords
Drooling, Child, Cerebral palsy, Behavioral intervention
Date
2021
Type
Journal article
Journal
Book
Volume
24
Issue
Page Range
1-5
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access
Open
Notes
© 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ).
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ).