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Can Measurement of Ultrasonic Echo Intensity Predict Physical Frailty in Older Adults?

Echo intensity (EI) of the tongue in ultrasonography is an easy and quantitative assessment of tongue function. Elucidating the relationship between EI and frailty, is expected to aid in the early detection of frailty and oral hypofunction in older adults. We assessed tongue function and frailty in...

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Autores principales: Tagami, Yoshihiro, Fujimoto, Keiko, Goto, Takaharu, Suito, Hideki, Nagao, Kan, Ichikawa, Tetsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832163
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040675