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The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study

Background. Patients suffering from stroke exhibit different levels of capability in retroflex tongues, in our clinical observation. This study aims to derive the association of tongue retroflexibility with the degree of severity for stroke patients. Methods. All ischemic stroke patients were collec...

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Autores principales: Huang, Yung-Sheng, Sun, Mu-Chien, Hsu, Po-Chi, Chen, Yu-Liang, Chiang, John Y., Lo, Lun-Chien
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Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3195749
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author Huang, Yung-Sheng
Sun, Mu-Chien
Hsu, Po-Chi
Chen, Yu-Liang
Chiang, John Y.
Lo, Lun-Chien
author_facet Huang, Yung-Sheng
Sun, Mu-Chien
Hsu, Po-Chi
Chen, Yu-Liang
Chiang, John Y.
Lo, Lun-Chien
author_sort Huang, Yung-Sheng
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description Background. Patients suffering from stroke exhibit different levels of capability in retroflex tongues, in our clinical observation. This study aims to derive the association of tongue retroflexibility with the degree of severity for stroke patients. Methods. All ischemic stroke patients were collected from August 2010 to July 2013 in the Stroke Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan. All participants underwent medical history collection and clinical examination, including tongue images captured by ATDS. Statistical analysis was performed to compare the differences of ischemic stroke patients with and without retroflex tongue. Result. Among the total of 308 cases collected, 123 patients cannot retroflex their tongues, that is, the non-RT group. The length of stay in the non-RT group, 32.0 ± 21.5, was longer than those of the RT counterparts, 25.9 ± 14.4 (p value: 0.007). The NIHSS on admission, 14.1 ± 7.8 versus 8.9 ± 5.2, was higher and the Barthel Index upon admission, 18.6 ± 20.7 and 35.0 ± 24.2, was lower for the non-RT patients than that of the RT counterparts. Also, the non-RT patients account for 60.2% and 75.6% for Barthel Index ≤ 17 and NIHSS ≥ 9, respectively. Conclusion. The stroke patients in non-RT group showed significantly poor prognosis and were more serious in the degree of severity and level of autonomy than RT group, indicating that the ability to maneuver tongue retroflex can serve as a simple, reliable, and noninvasive means for the prognosis of ischemic stroke patients.
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spelling pubmed-53584362017-04-02 The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study Huang, Yung-Sheng Sun, Mu-Chien Hsu, Po-Chi Chen, Yu-Liang Chiang, John Y. Lo, Lun-Chien Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Background. Patients suffering from stroke exhibit different levels of capability in retroflex tongues, in our clinical observation. This study aims to derive the association of tongue retroflexibility with the degree of severity for stroke patients. Methods. All ischemic stroke patients were collected from August 2010 to July 2013 in the Stroke Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan. All participants underwent medical history collection and clinical examination, including tongue images captured by ATDS. Statistical analysis was performed to compare the differences of ischemic stroke patients with and without retroflex tongue. Result. Among the total of 308 cases collected, 123 patients cannot retroflex their tongues, that is, the non-RT group. The length of stay in the non-RT group, 32.0 ± 21.5, was longer than those of the RT counterparts, 25.9 ± 14.4 (p value: 0.007). The NIHSS on admission, 14.1 ± 7.8 versus 8.9 ± 5.2, was higher and the Barthel Index upon admission, 18.6 ± 20.7 and 35.0 ± 24.2, was lower for the non-RT patients than that of the RT counterparts. Also, the non-RT patients account for 60.2% and 75.6% for Barthel Index ≤ 17 and NIHSS ≥ 9, respectively. Conclusion. The stroke patients in non-RT group showed significantly poor prognosis and were more serious in the degree of severity and level of autonomy than RT group, indicating that the ability to maneuver tongue retroflex can serve as a simple, reliable, and noninvasive means for the prognosis of ischemic stroke patients. Hindawi 2017 2017-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5358436/ /pubmed/28367222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3195749 Text en Copyright © 2017 Yung-Sheng Huang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Huang, Yung-Sheng
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Hsu, Po-Chi
Chen, Yu-Liang
Chiang, John Y.
Lo, Lun-Chien
The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study
title The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study
title_full The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study
title_fullStr The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study
title_short The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study
title_sort relationship between ischemic stroke patients with and without retroflex tongue: a retrospective study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5358436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28367222
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3195749
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