Maximal Tongue Strength in Typically Developing Children and Adolescents
Maximal Tongue Strength in Typically Developing Children and Adolescents
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DOI：
10.1007/s00455-009-9215-2
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发表时间：
2009-12-01
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影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Short, Robert
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作者：
Potter, Nancy L.;Short, Robert
评估舌功能在临床上很重要，因为前舌对硬腭产生足够的压力对于有效的口咽吞咽至关重要。儿童舌功能评估的研究是有限的，由于儿童的表现的可靠性问题的客观措施的舌头的力量和缺乏比较数据，从典型的发展中的儿童。本研究使用爱荷华州口腔压力仪（IOPI）检查了150名3-16岁儿童和青少年的舌强度，这些儿童和青少年没有语言或吞咽障碍病史。年仅3岁的儿童能够耐受IOPI标准舌球，并且在下颌骨不受约束的情况下，在舌强度测量方面表现可靠。在三次试验的块中引起舌强度测量，试验之间休息30秒，块之间休息20分钟。舌头的力量随着年龄的增长而增加，在不同年龄和参与者之间没有一致的最佳试验。在14岁和16岁时，男性的舌头强度比女性略有增加。这项研究表明，最大儿科舌强度可以可靠地评估使用市售设备，并提供了一个有限的样本比较数据库。
Evaluating tongue function is clinically important as the generation of adequate pressure by the anterior tongue against the hard palate is crucial for efficient oropharyngeal swallowing. Research in the evaluation of tongue function in pediatric populations is limited due to questions about the reliability of children's performance on objective measures of tongue strength and the lack of comparative data from typically developing children. The present study examined tongue strength in 150 children and adolescents, 3-16 years of age, with no history of speech or swallowing disorders using the Iowa Oral Pressure Instrument (IOPI). Children as young as 3 years of age were able to tolerate the IOPI standard tongue bulb and were reliable performers on measures of tongue strength with an unconstrained mandible. Tongue strength measurements were elicited in blocks of three trials with a 30-s rest between the trials and a 20-min rest between blocks. Tongue strength increased with age with no consistent best trial across ages and participants. Males showed a slight increase in tongue strength over females at ages 14 and 16. This study suggests maximum pediatric tongue strength may be reliably evaluated using commercially available equipment and provides a limited sample comparative database.