Epidemiological study on the improvement of oral function in the elderly by the active music therapy

首先，我们考察了独立老年人演唱计划的实施状况与口腔功能的关系。在独立的老年人中，唱歌计划只与鼓起他们的脸颊的运动有关。我们还评估了口服心动过速的有效性。此外，我们还考察了演唱计划的实施与虚弱老年人每次口腔运动的关系。有歌唱节目的体弱老年人的三个单音节的口述发声速度值显著高于没有歌唱节目的体弱老年人，提示歌唱节目对体弱老年人维持口腔功能可能有积极的影响。此外，口述动感是衡量歌唱节目效果的有效方法。

First of all, we examined the relationship between the implementation status of the singing program and oral function among independent elderly individuals. In the independent elderly individuals, the singing program was related only to the movement to balloon their cheeks. We also evaluated the validity of oral diadochokinesis. Moreover, we examined the relationship between the implementation of the singing program and each oral diadochokinesis in frail elderly people. The oral diadochokinesis values using the three single syllables were significantly higher in the frail elderly with singing program than them without singing program.These findings indicated that the singing program may have a positive impact on maintaining oral function for the frail elderly. In addition, it was suggested that the oral diadochokinesis was a useful method to measure the effect of the singing program.