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歌唱项目的实施状况与口腔功能的关系。在独立的老年人中，唱歌程序只与脸颊鼓起来的动作有关。我们也评估了口服补液的有效性。此外，我们还研究了在虚弱的老年人中实施歌唱计划与每次口腔运动之间的关系。有唱歌节目的体弱老年人使用三个单音节的口传音高值明显高于没有唱歌节目的老年人。这些发现表明，唱歌节目可能对维持老年人的口腔功能有积极的影响。此外，还提出了一种有效的方法来衡量歌唱节目的效果。

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.