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Relationship between the nutritional state of elderly people in need of support or nursing care and jaw-opening force and tongue pressure

[Purpose] We hypothesized that an association exists between the nutritional state of elderly people and the deterioration in the swallowing function associated with sarcopenia, which is reflected by the strength of the tongue and suprahyoid muscles. Therefore, we conducted a comparative study of th...

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Autores principales: Hoyano, Kengo, Tsujihashi, Eiko, Nishio, Keiko, Tsuji, Tetsuro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31645799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.31.747