BACKGROUND Independent oral feeding requires coordination of suck, swallow and breathe and the lingual musculature plays a significant role in this coordinative action. However, clinical benchmarks of lingual function fundamental to successful feeding have not been explored. AIMS The present study tests our model for quantifying infant lingual force and size and compares the muscle measures o...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present work was to assess the value of non-nutritive sucking (NNS) measures as predictors of oral feeding performance in comparison to other putative predictors of feeding skills: respiratory support, post-menstrual age (PMA) at birth and the neonatal oral motor assessment score (NOMAS). METHODS This was a prospective, observational study. Cox proportional hazards an...

This study sought to identify the type and duration of breastfeeding received by children and establish the association with non-nutritive suction habits. A retrospective, transversal study was conducted using a questionnaire given to 330 mothers or persons responsible for 3 to 6-year-old children registered in kindergartens in Araçatuba, State of São Paulo, after obtaining their free and infor...

ABSTRACT Purpose to verify the readiness for oral feeding and breastfeeding in newborns of mothers diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods observational, analytical, quantitative case-control study. For evaluation non-nutritive sucking, PROFAS protocol was used performance at mother's breast, Speech Therapy - Breastfeeding. The sample stratified into two groups, experimental...

Marcela Maia-Nader ([email protected]) Camilla Silva de Araujo Figueiredo ([email protected]) Felipe Pinheiro de Figueiredo ([email protected]) Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva ([email protected]) Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz ([email protected]) Maria Conceição Pereira Saraiva ([email protected]) Marco Antonio Barbieri ([email protected]) Heloisa Bettiol (hb...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate nondrug management practices concerning pain induced by blood sampling in newborns in a Moroccan neonatal unit and to determine whether the results reported from a randomized clinical study of nondrug analgesia could be reproduced in a routine care setting. METHODS Standardized prospective observation of analgesic practices used during blood sa...

The purpose of this study was to test the effect of Yakson (i.e. a traditional Korean touching method) and non-nutritive sucking (NNS) on reducing the pain that neonates experience when undergoing the heel stick procedure for blood testing. Ninety-nine healthy neonates were recruited and assigned into three groups: Yakson (n = 33), NNS (n = 33), and control group (n = 33). Each intervention was...

BACKGROUND Non-nutritive sucking habits (NNSH) are very common during childhood. However, if these habits were maintained for 36 months of age or more, they are considered to be prolonged (PNNSH) and can cause occlusal, physiological and esthetic changes. There is controversy about their prevalence and whether perinatal, social, demographic and health characteristics influence their onset and d...