Assessment of Lingual Tactile Sensitivity in Children and Adults: Methodological Suitability and Challenges.
Assessment of Lingual Tactile Sensitivity in Children and Adults: Methodological Suitability and Challenges.
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10.3390/foods9111594
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2020-11-03
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Laureati M
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Appiani M;Rabitti NS;Methven L;Cattaneo C;Laureati M
几乎没有方法论方法来测量语言触觉敏感度，关于儿童和成人之间的比较的信息也很少。本研究的目的是：验证冯·弗雷纤维和格栅定向测试在不同年龄段儿童中的认知和知觉适应性；比较儿童和成人的语言触觉敏感性；调查不同质地食物的语言触觉敏感性、偏好和消费之间的关系以及食物新恐惧症的程度。147名6-13岁的儿童和他们的父母参与了这项研究，另外还有一个单独的样本。受试者填写调查问卷，通过细丝和栅格评价语言触觉敏感性。结果表明，格栅评估比细丝评估更困难，但能够根据参与者的表现比细丝评估更好地区分参与者。来自细丝的R指数与来自栅格的R指数没有相关性，这表明这两种工具测量的舌触觉敏感度的维度不同。儿童与成人之间以及不同年龄段的儿童之间在语言触觉敏感度上没有差异。新食物恐惧症与儿童对硬质食物的偏好呈负相关。尽管一项多因素分析得出结论，无论是质地偏好还是食物消费都与语言触觉敏感性没有很强的相关性，但在最小年龄组中，对最细的冯·弗雷细丝的语言触觉敏感性与食物新恐惧症之间存在微弱但显著的正相关，这表明食物新恐惧症水平较高的儿童对口腔触觉刺激更敏感。讨论了适合儿童的语言敏感度评估的儿童适应性。
Few methodological approaches have been developed to measure lingual tactile sensitivity, and little information exists about the comparison between children and adults. The aims of the study were to: verify the cognitive and perceptive suitability of Von Frey filaments and a gratings orientation test in children of different ages; compare lingual tactile sensitivity between children and adults; investigate the relationships between lingual tactile sensitivity, preference and consumption of foods with different textures and level of food neophobia. One hundred and forty-seven children aged 6–13 years and their parents participated in the study, in addition to a separate sample of seventy adults. Participants filled in questionnaires, and lingual tactile sensitivity was evaluated through filaments and gratings. Results showed that gratings evaluation was more difficult than filaments assessment but enabled a better separation of participants according to their performance than filaments. R-indices from filaments were not correlated with those of gratings, suggesting that the tools measure different dimensions of lingual tactile sensitivity. No differences were found in lingual tactile sensitivity between children and adults, nor between children of different ages. Food neophobia was negatively associated with preferences of hard foods in children. Although a multifactor analysis concluded that neither texture preferences nor food consumption were strongly correlated with lingual tactile sensitivity, there was a weak but significant positive correlation between lingual tactile sensitivity to the finest Von Frey filament and food neophobia in the youngest age group, indicating that children with higher levels of food neophobia are more sensitive to oral tactile stimuli. Suitable child-friendly adaptations for the assessment of lingual sensitivity in children are discussed.
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