Tongue strength is associated with jumping mechanography performance and handgrip strength but not with classic functional tests in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 418-422

  Buehring, Bjoern ^a,b,c   Hind, Jacqueline ^b,c   Fidler, Ellen ^a   Krueger, Diane ^a   Binkley, Neil ^a,b,c   Robbins, Joanne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

jumping mechanography; muscle function; sarcopenia; swallowing; tongue strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JUMPING MECHANOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; STRENGTH; TONGUE STRENGTH;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SARCOPENIA; TONGUE;

EID: 84875216903     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12124     Document Type: Article

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