Incidence and risk factors of communication, swallowing, and orofacial myofunctional disorders in children and adolescents with cancer and benign neoplasms.

CONCLUSION: An incidence of 22.8% for communication, swallowing, and orofacial myofunctional disorders was observed. The development of these disorders was greater in individuals with tumors in the CNS and in the HN region. PMID: 32176665 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine - March 17, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Pediatr Rehabil Med Source Type: research