Readiness for oral feeding and oral motor function in preterm infants

ABSTRACT Objective: this study aimed at investigating the Schedule Oral Motor Assessment (SOMA) tool to be used with preterm infants and to compare its results with the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Assessment Scale (POFRAS) to start oral feeding. Methods: a cross-sectional and quantitative study...

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Main Authors: Raquel Coube de Carvalho Yamamoto, Leila Sauer Prade, Geovana de Paula Bolzan, Angela Regina Maciel Weinmann, Márcia Keske-Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Motricidade Orofacial - ABRAMO
Series:Revista CEFAC
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-18462017000400503&lng=en&tlng=en