[HTML][HTML] Tongue thickness measured by ultrasonography is associated with tongue pressure in the Japanese elderly

M Nakamori, E Imamura, M Fukuta, K Tachiyama… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The term “oral frailty” reflects the fact that oral health is associated with physical frailty and
mortality. The gold standard methods for evaluating the swallowing function have several …

Effect of brain training through visual mirror feedback, action observation and motor imagery on orofacial sensorimotor variables: A single‐blind randomized controlled …

R La Touche, A Herranz‐Gómez… - Journal of Oral …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The main objective was to evaluate the effects of action observation (AO), visual
mirror feedback (VMF) and motor imagery (MI), combined with an oro‐facial exercise …

Investigating tongue strength and endurance in children aged 6 to 11 years

R McKay, S Smart, N Cocks - Dysphagia, 2020 - Springer
Objective measures of tongue strength and endurance are used to assess lingual weakness
and fatigue, and may have significant clinical value for dysphagia management. Recent …

The effect of an anti-slip surface on objective measures of tongue strength in healthy adults

NP Solomon, HM Clark - International Journal of Orofacial Myology …, 2020 - ijom.iaom.com
Purpose: Instrumental assessments of tongue strength have provided clinicians with the
ability to obtain quantitative measures to document lingual weakness. A technical challenge …

Effects of mental and physical orofacial training on pressure pain sensitivity and tongue strength: A single-blind randomized controlled trial

L Suso-Martí, A Paris-Alemany, R La Touche… - Physiology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The main objective of this study was to analyze differences on pain pressure
thresholds, tongue strength and perceived effort between various orofacial motor exercise …