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Tongue muscle strength affects posterior pharyngeal wall advancement during swallowing: A cross‐sectional study of outpatients with dysphagia

BACKGROUND: Tongue muscle strength is important for swallowing but decreases with age, in association with reduced skeletal muscle mass. However, the relationships between pharyngeal dynamics and both skeletal muscle mass and tongue muscle strength are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect o...

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Autores principales: Nagashima, Keigo, Kikutani, Takeshi, Miyashita, Taishi, Yajima, Yuri, Tamura, Fumiyo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7983890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33112420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joor.13120