Suboptimal Tongue Pressure Is Associated with Risk of Malnutrition in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals

The tongue plays an important role in swallowing, and its dysfunction theoretically leads to inadequate oral intake and subsequent malnutrition. This study aimed to explore how different levels of tongue pressure are related to malnutrition among community-dwelling older individuals. The target popu...

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Autores principales: Chang, Ke-Vin, Wu, Wei-Ting, Chen, Lan-Rong, Wang, Hsin-I, Wang, Tyng-Guey, Han, Der-Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8229542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061821

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8229542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071812
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061821

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