Establishment of Effective Sucking and Oral Function for Cleft Lip and Palate Infants

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24390502
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: St. Mary's College
• Principal Investigator: Matsubara Manami 聖マリア学院大学, 看護学部, 非常勤講師 (80189539)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 篠原 ひとみ 秋田大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (80319996)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): UCHIYAMA Takeshi 東京歯科大学, 歯学部, 教授 (40085874) ; YONEZU Takuro 東京歯科大学, 講師 (90159236) ; NAKANO Yoko 東京歯科大学, 歯学部, 講師 (10183518) ; SUGA Kenichiro 東京歯科大学, 歯学部, 講師 (80246339)
• Research Collaborator: HAYASAKI Jiro ; TANAKA Chie ; YANAGIMOTO Tomoko ; KAWAGUCHI Yaeko
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 口唇口蓋裂 / 哺乳 / 母乳哺育 / 母乳育児 / 哺乳びん / 口蓋床 / 多職種連携 / Hot's床

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Cleft lip and palate infants usually used Hotz plate to assist their sucking function. To provide effective sucking and development of mastication and swallowing function, we improved the Hotz plate, developed a special shaped feeding bottle, brought about new breastfeeding technique. We sat up a hypothesis that improved Hotz formed a small cavity (called sucking fossa) more activate sucking movement .The tongue movements of twelve infants were recorded under two conditions, with normal Hotz and with improved Hotz by an ultrasonic apparatus. The movements were processed by DIPP Motion Pro to draw as waveforms. Displacement were measured in all subjects. The displacement was 23.4±0.9 in improved Hotz while 24.7±2.27 in normal Hotz. It indicated the tongue movement in improved was significantly greater than normal. Since tongue movement was deeply related to lip, jaw movement and oral function, the result implied development of those functions as well as effective sucking.

Free Research Field

母性看護学