ArticleMuscles, ligaments and tendons journal2013
The acute effect of the tongue position in the mouth on knee isokinetic test performance: a highly surprising pilot study.
Article in Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Relationship between Rate of Force Development of Tongue Pressure and Physical Performance.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A Missing Voice: The Lingual Complex and Osteopathic Manual Medicine in the Context of Five Osteopathic Models.Cureus · 2021Review
- Short-Term Resistance Training Supported by Whole-Body Cryostimulation Induced a Decrease in Myostatin Concentration and an Increase in Isokinetic Muscle Strength.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Validity and Reliability of Isometric-Bench for Knee Isometric Assessment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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- Effect of fatigue caused by a simulated handball game on ball throwing velocity, shoulder muscle strength and balance ratio: a prospective study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2016Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The tongue involvement within the isokinetic knee extension/flexion exercises has been investigated. Eighteen participants randomly underwent isokinetic testing at 90 and 180°/s with three different tongue positions: middle position (MID, thrusting on the lingual surface of incisive teeth), lying on the lower arch of the mouth (LOW) and extended up to the palatine spot (UP). Statistical analysis of the data revealed an about 30% significant increase of knee flexion peak torque in UP with respect to MID at both angular speeds. Such a difference could have had a confounding effect on results from numerous past studies using isokinetic knee flexion testing. This study alerts future researchers about standardization of tongue position and warrants further investigations on the explicative processes of this phenomenon.
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