Tongue adiposity and strength in healthy older adults

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1600-1604

  Butler, Susan G ^a   Lintzenich, Catherine Rees ^a   Leng, Xiaoyan ^b   Stuart, Andrew ^c   Feng, Xin ^a   Carr, J Jeffrey ^b   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adiposity; computed tomography; fat; older adults; swallowing; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RISK FACTOR; STRENGTH; SWALLOWING; TONGUE ADIPOSITY; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE STRENGTH;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE;

EID: 84862891091     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23290     Document Type: Article

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