Longitudinal Changes of Tongue Thickness and Tongue Pressure in Neuromuscular Disorders

Longitudinal Changes of Tongue Thickness and Tongue Pressure in Neuromuscular Disorders

Abstract Background Swallowing dysfunction is related to major cause of adverse events and an indicator of shorter survival among patients with neuromuscular disorders (NMD). It is critical to assess the swallowing function during disease progression, however, there are limited tools that can easily...

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Main Authors: George Umemoto, Shinsuke Fujioka, Hajime Arahata, Nobutaka Sakae, Naokazu Sasagasako, Mine Toda, Hirokazu Furuya, Yoshio Tsuboi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Tongue thickness
Tongue pressure
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Myotonic dystrophy type 1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02225-5

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