Effect of Tongue Exercise on Protrusive Force and Muscle Fiber Area in Aging Rats.

Purpose: Age-related changes in tongue function may contribute to dysphagia in elderly people. The authors' purpose was to investigate whether aged rats that have undergone tongue exercise would manifest increased protrusive tongue forces and increased genioglossus (GG) muscle fiber cross-sectional...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 732 - 745
Autores principales:	Connor, Nadine P., Russell, John A., Wang, Hao, Jackson, Michelle A., Mann, Laura, Kluender, Keith
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association June 2009
Materias:	Deglutition disorders Age (Psychology) Laboratory rats Therapeutics
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