Research Article

Oral Motor Treatment Efficacy: Feeding and Swallowing Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Table 2

Description of PC types and motor impairment in the groups with and without OMT.

GroupsClinical type: Topographic type: Gross motor level:

With OMT, :15Ataxic: 2Diplegia: 4High function: 5
Spastic: 9
Hypotonic: 2Hemiplegia: 1Low function: 10
Mixed: 2Tetraplegia: 10

Without OMT, : 15Spastic: 11Diplegia: 1High function: 6
Hypotonic: 2Hemiplegia: 2Low function: 9
Mixed: 2Tetraplegia: 12

This chart shows that both groups had similar PC types and motor conditions (chi squared, ).