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Tongue strength and endurance in different aged individuals
Author(s)Heidi C Crow, Jonathan A Ship
Journal titleThe Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 51A, no 5, September 1996
Pagespp M247-M250
KeywordsMusculoskeletal systems ; Physical capacity ; Measurement ; United States of America.
AnnotationA pressure transducer, the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument, was used to measure maximal strength and endurance of both hand and tongue in 99 healthy volunteers - divided into four age groups, aged 21 to 96 - from the oral physiology component of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to determine differences in strength and endurance between age groups and genders. Regression analysis was done to determine the relationship of strength and endurance with age. Tongue and hand strength were greater in males, whereas tongue and hand endurance demonstrated no gender differences. The strength in both tongue and hand decreased with age. Those over 79 showed statistically decreased tongue strength, and those over 59 statistically decreased hand strength. There was no significant change in hand and tongue endurance with age.
Accession NumberCPA-970707007 A
ClassmarkBK6: BI: 3R: 7T

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