The reliability of the Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Da Costa, Saakje P ^a   Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Oral feeding performances; Oral motor problems; Preterm infants; Sucking skills; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTROSPECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEONATAL ORAL MOTOR ASSESSMENT SCALE; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SUCKING; SWALLOWING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

DEGLUTITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38349061782     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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