Innovative rehabilitation for orofacial praxis

Abstract

Aim: Evaluation of the effectiveness of an anoetic network protocol for rehabilitation of swallowing and nasal breathing Material and Methods: The swallowing re-education protocol lasted 10 weeks and involved a passive neuromuscular rehabilitation device: Froggymouth, 15 minutes per day in front of a TV. It modifies the patient's proprioceptive stimuli and involves the biochemical link between neurons. The glials cells are involved in the interconnections of the different oro-facial neuronal networks. 48 patients between 5- and 16-year-old were selected, all of them diagnosed with atypical swallowing.Study by Dr Cornut. The statistical analyses were conducted by the biostatistics department of the Lille University Hospital under the responsibility of Julien Labreuche (senior statistician of the department of Prof. A. Duhamel). Results: After 10 weeks of treatment, secondary deglutition was obtained for 80% of the patients including 60% automatization and ''a significant decrease in the percentage value of the oral ventilation flow''. Conclusion: Anoetic rehabilitation with Froggymouth is a nonrestrictive approach that has shown significant results improving nasal breathing and swallowing rehabilitation in 10 weeks.