Medical Journal Articles

The medical journal articles are listed in chronological order, with the most recent first.

2009

Sahar T, Schramm-Urbach E, Boucke L, Rugolotto S. Infant Toilet Training (Letter to the Editor). Jornal de Pediatria 2009;85(1);87-88.

2008

Rugolotto S, Sun M, Boucke L, Chen BB, Tatò L. Assisted infant toilet training: is it time for a critical revision? Pediatr Med Chir 2008 Sep-Oct;30(5):233-8.

Rugolotto S, Sun M, Boucke L, Calo GD, Tatò L. Toilet training started during the first year of life: a report on elimination signals, stool toileting refusal, and completion age. Minerva Pediatrica 2008;60(1):27-35.

2007

Rugolotto S, Ball TS, Boucke L, Sun M, deVries MW. A surging new interest in toilet training started during the first months of age in Western countries. Techniques in Coloproctology, 2007 Jun;11(2):162.

2005

Rugolotto S, Educazione assistita precoce al vasino. Bollettino SIGENP (Società Italiana di Gastroenterologia Epatologia e Nutrizione Pediatrica), Aug 2005;XIII (2):9-10.

Jansson UB, Hanson M, Sillen U, Hellstrom AL. Voiding pattern and acquisition of bladder control from birth to age 6 years-a longitudinal study. J Urol 2005;174:289-293.

2004

Sun M, Rugolotto S., Assisted infant toilet training in a Western family setting. J Dev Behav Pediatr 25(2):99-101.

Rugolotto S, Sun M. Toilet training. Pediatrics. 2004 Jan;113(1 Pt 1):180-1; author reply 180-181.

Tarbox RS, Williams LW, Friman PC. Extended diaper wearing: effects on continence in and out of the diaper. J Appl Behav Anal 2004;37:97-100.

2002

Bakker E, van Gool JD, van Sprundel M, van der Auwera C, Wyndaele JJ. Results of a questionnaire evaluating the effects of different methods of toilet training on achieving bladder control. Br J Urol Int 2002;90:456-461.

2000

Bakker E, Wyndaele JJ Changes in the toilet training of children during the last 60 years: the cause of an increase in lower urinary tract dysfunction? Br J Urol Int. 2000, 86(3):248-252.

Gladh G, Persson D, Mattsson S, et al. Voiding patterns in healthy newborns. Neurourol Urodynam 2000;19:177-184.

Hellstrom AL. Influence of potting training habits on dysfucntional bladder in children. Commentary. Lancet 2000;356:1787.

1980s -1990s

Leavitt LA. Mothers' sensitivity to infant signals. Pediatrics 1998;102:1247-1249.

Smeets PM, Lancioni GE, Ball TS, Oliva DS., Shaping self-initiated toileting in infants. J Appl Behav Anal. 1985;18(4):303-8.

Yeung CK, Godley ML, HO CKW, et al. Some new insights into bladder function in infancy. Br J Urol 1985;76:235-240.

Goeller MH, Ziegler EE, Fomon SJ. Voiding during the first three years of life. Nephron 1981;28:174-178.

1970s

deVries MW and deVries MR., Cultural relativity of toilet training readiness: a perspective from East Africa. Pediatrics 1977;60:170-177.

Ball TS, Toilet training an infant mongoloid at the breast. California Mental Health Research Digest, 1971; 9: 80.