Differences in tongue strength across age and gender: Is there a diminished strength reserve?

Dysphagia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Youmans, Scott R ^a   Youmans, Gina L ^a   Stierwalt, Julie A G ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Physiology; Strength; Swallowing; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWALLOWING; TONGUE; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349092835     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-008-9171-2     Document Type: Article

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