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Decreased Tongue Strength is Related to Skeletal Muscle Mass in COPD Patients

Dysphagia is frequently observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Decreased tongue strength is one of the causes of dysphagia, and it is often observed in patients with sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is also frequently observed in COPD patients. We hypothesized that tongue stre...

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Autores principales: Sugiya, Ryuji, Higashimoto, Yuji, Shiraishi, Masashi, Tamura, Tomomi, Kimura, Tamotsu, Chiba, Yasutaka, Nishiyama, Osamu, Arizono, Shinichi, Fukuda, Kanji, Tohda, Yuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8149139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34036401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00455-021-10314-3