Reducing tube feeds and tongue thrust: Combining an oral-motor and behavioral approach to feeding

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-391

  Gibbons, Bridget G ^a   Williams, Keith E ^b   Riegel, Katherine E ^b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Feeding; Oral motor dysfunction; Pediatrics; Tongue thrust; Tube feed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY;

CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TONGUE HABITS;

EID: 34548040498     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.61.4.384     Document Type: Article

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