Dysphagia limit in children with cerebral palsy aged 4 to 12 years.
Florentine V SchepersKaren van HulstBea SpekCorrie E ErasmusLenie Van Den Engel-HoekPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2021)
Where children with CP in EDACS levels IV and V showed that their capacity met the level of their performance, children in EDACS level I had the ability to perform a maximum capacity task, but still had a threefold lower median dysphagia limit than typically developing children. Establishment of the dysphagia limit should be part of general swallowing assessment in children with CP.