Transdermal scopolamine has been shown to be very useful in the management of drooling, particularly in patients with neurological or neuropsychiatric disturbances or severe developmental disorders. In this paper, we present the case of a 24-year-old patient with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and a severe problem of drooling, exacerbated by marked mandibular prognathism. After exclusion of othe...

Objective. This study is aimed at translating and cross-culturally adapting the Drooling Infants Preschoolers Scale (DRIPS) into Korean cultural context examine content validity reliability of version, which referred as K-DRIPS. Methods. An iterative forward-backward translation sequence DRIPS was performed by 20 health professional experts (i.e., occupational therapists (OTs) professors) with ...

The stress response of salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) has been suggested as an index for sympathetic nervous system activation. However, concurrent inhibition of the parasympathetic nervous system is discussed as a confounder due to suppression of saliva flow rate. Here we set out to test the influence of stress-induced changes in flow rate on sAA secretion. Twenty-six subjects underwent the Trie...

An 82 year old woman was admitted to a rehabilitation hospital after sustaining a pelvic fracture. She had a past history of osteoporosis and chronic lower back pain treated with epidural steroids. For the past two years she had had several falls associated with fractures. She also reported drooling, difficulties swallowing, gait shuffling and freezing, and tremor in the left hand, more at rest...

Background: Chronic sialorrhea is a troublesome condition for children with neurological disorders that affect swallowing. Various surgical procedures reflecting drooling cases are helpful. Some of them could be followed by complications or lead to over–dryness the mouth. This article aims highlight safety and effectiveness bilateral submandibular duct relocation (BSDR) on fifteen years experie...

Persistent drooling in cases of cerebral palsy can be successfully controlled by a combination of bilateral parotid duct translocation and bilateral submandibular gland excision. Ten children are described who underwent this operation with satisfactory results. Apart from mile transient postoperative swelling of the cheek, there have been no postoperative complications. The importance of bilate...