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Effect of tongue exercise on protrusive force and muscle fiber area in aging rats

PURPOSE: Age-related changes in tongue function may contribute to dysphagia in elderly people. Our purpose was to investigate whether aged rats that have undergone tongue exercise would manifest increased protrusive tongue forces and increased genioglossus (GG) muscle fiber cross sectional areas. ME...

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Main Authors: Connor, Nadine P., Russell, John A., Wang, Hao, Jackson, Michelle A., Mann, Laura, Kluender, Keith R.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2693220/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18723593
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2008/08-0105)
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