Short-Term Effects of Pacifier Texture on NNS in Neurotypical Infants
Joint Authors
Oder, Austin L.
Barlow, Steven M.
Stalling, David L.
Source
International Journal of Pediatrics
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-04-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The dense representation of trigeminal mechanosensitive afferents in the lip vermilion, anterior tongue, intraoral mucosa, and temporomandibular joint allows the infant’s orofacial system to encode a wide range of somatosensory experiences during the critical period associated with feed development.
Our understanding of how this complex sensorium processes texture is very limited in adults, and the putative role of texture encoding in the infant is unknown.
The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term effects of a novel textured pacifier experience in healthy term infants (N=28).
Nonnutritive suck (NNS) compression pressure waveforms were digitized in real time using a variety of custom-molded textured pacifiers varying in spatial array density of touch domes.
MANCOVA, adjusted for postmenstrual age at test and sex, revealed that infants exhibited an increase in NNS burst attempts at the expense of a degraded suck burst structure with the textured pacifiers, suggesting that the suck central pattern generator (sCPG) is significantly disrupted and reorganized by this novel orocutaneous experience.
The current findings provide new insight into oromotor control as a function of the oral somatosensory environment in neurotypically developing infants.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Oder, Austin L.& Stalling, David L.& Barlow, Steven M.. 2013. Short-Term Effects of Pacifier Texture on NNS in Neurotypical Infants. International Journal of Pediatrics،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451324
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Oder, Austin L.…[et al.]. Short-Term Effects of Pacifier Texture on NNS in Neurotypical Infants. International Journal of Pediatrics No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451324
American Medical Association (AMA)
Oder, Austin L.& Stalling, David L.& Barlow, Steven M.. Short-Term Effects of Pacifier Texture on NNS in Neurotypical Infants. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-451324
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-451324