Investigating Tongue Strength and Endurance in Children Aged 6 to 11 Years
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Investigating Tongue Strength and Endurance in Children Aged 6 to 11 Years R. McKay1 · S. Smart1 · N. Cocks1 Received: 21 March 2019 / Accepted: 16 November 2019 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019
Abstract Objective measures of tongue strength and endurance are used to assess lingual weakness and fatigue, and may have significant clinical value for dysphagia management. Recent studies investigating age and gender effects on tongue strength in children are limited by small sample sizes. The current study investigated age and gender effects on tongue strength with a larger sample size, and collected preliminary normative data for a paediatric population. This study also investigated the reliability of tongue endurance measures in children using a modified method, which has not previously been investigated. Using a cross-sectional design, this study examined tongue strength and endurance in 119 children aged 6 to 11 years, with no history of speech sound disorders, oro-motor deficits, dysphagia or cognitive impairment. Measures were collected using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument. Children participated in two sessions, 45 min and 10 min in duration. Tongue strength was found to significantly increase with age (p
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