caa a22 4500 467935858 CHVBK 20180406152957.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00455-006-9013-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00455-006-9013-z Measures of Tongue Function Related to Normal Swallowing [Elektronische Daten] [Scott Youmans, Julie Stierwalt] The availability of objective measures of tongue function presents a possible supplement to the clinical dysphagia evaluation. The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of normal tongue physiology during swallowing and maximum isometric tasks, establish a preliminary database of tongue function variables, and determine if differences existed among the variables as a function of age, gender, or varied bolus consistency. Ninety subjects, divided into age and gender groups, participated in tasks that determined maximum isometric tongue pressure, mean tongue pressure during swallowing, and percentage of maximum isometric pressure used during swallowing. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and analyses of variance were computed to analyze the data. Results indicated that males had significantly higher maximum isometric pressures than females, and the youngest group had significantly higher maximum pressures than the oldest group. Mean swallowing pressures and percentage of maximum isometric pressures used during swallowing differed as a function of bolus type but did not differ as a function of age or gender. In addition, maximum isometric pressures were correlated with mean swallowing pressures, and mean swallowing pressures and percentage of maximum isometric pressures used during swallowing were correlated between consistencies. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Deglutition nationallicence Swallowing nationallicence Tongue strength nationallicence Isometric pressure nationallicence Deglutition disorders nationallicence Youmans Scott Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York aut Stierwalt Julie Department of Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA aut Dysphagia Springer-Verlag 21/2(2006-04-01), 102-111 0179-051X 21:2<102 2006 21 455 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-006-9013-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-006-9013-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Youmans Scott Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stierwalt Julie Department of Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Dysphagia Springer-Verlag 21/2(2006-04-01), 102-111 0179-051X 21:2<102 2006 21 455 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer