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The Relationship of Aspiration Status With Tongue and Handgrip Strength in Healthy Older Adults

BACKGROUND. Recently, subclinical aspiration has been identified in approximately 30% of community-dwelling older adults. Given that the tongue is a key component of the safe swallow, we hypothesized healthy older adults who aspirate will generate less tongue strength than adults who do not aspirate...

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Main Authors: Butler, Susan G., Stuart, Andrew, Leng, Xiaoyan, Wilhelm, Erika, Rees, Catherine, Williamson, Jeff, Kritchevsky, Stephen B.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3107020/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21300744
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glq234
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