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Effects of oral environment on frailty: particular relevance of tongue pressure

PURPOSE: Oral frailty or the loss of oral functionality can be a symptomatic precursor of overall frailty. Previous studies have suggested that decreased tongue pressure causes a decline in ingesting and swallowing function and poor nutrition. This study investigated what factor(s) contribute to ton...

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Autores principales: Satake, Anna, Kobayashi, Wataru, Tamura, Yoshihiro, Oyama, Toshiaki, Fukuta, Haruka, Inui, Akinari, Sawada, Kahori, Ihara, Kazunari, Noguchi, Takao, Murashita, Koichi, Nakaji, Shigeyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6746308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31564844
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S212980