title: Effects of two types of tongue strengthening exercises in young normals.
abstract: This pilot study examines the effects of two types of tongue strengthening exercises on tongue function measures of strength and endurance in a group of 31 healthy young subjects. Subjects underwent baseline and 1 month post-baseline assessments of tongue function and were randomized to one of three groups, including: (1) no exercise; (2) exercise group receiving standard tongue strength exercises using a tongue depressor, and (3) exercise group receiving tongue strengthening exercises using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument. Results revealed a significantly greater change in maximum tongue strength in the group that received any treatment compared with the group receiving no treatment (p = 0.04). Results provide support for the theory that tongue strengthening exercises improve tongue strength in healthy young subjects.
authors.affiliation: Voice, Speech and Language Service and Swallowing Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill, USA. cathy.lazarus@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: Jeri A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Logemann
authors.forename: Cheng-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Alfred W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Rademaker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology*