title: Influence of posture on swallowing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates the relationship between posture disorders and swallowing, either of infantile type or affected by the presence of a short lingual frenulum.
  
  
  METHODS
  The stabilometry examinations, taking into account the Romberg index and the LFS value, and when needed a frenectomy, showed positive variations in the recovery of a proper posture. The data were analysed by means of the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that swallowing is able to modulate postural control and it can be a determining factor in postural syndromes that, if not promptly intercepted, may evolve into full-blown and irreversible musculoskeletal disorders for which treatment often proves ineffective.
authors.affiliation: University of Sassari, Dental Institute, Sassary, Italy. alumbau@uniss.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lumbau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schinocca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chessa
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008035:Lingual Frenum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D024343:Open Bite / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology; D014061:Tongue Habits / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000628:therapy; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology