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Trial reportDysphagia2019

Tongue-Strengthening Exercises in Healthy Older Adults: Does Exercise Load Matter? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Leen Van den Steen, Jan Vanderwegen, Cindy Guns, Rik Elen, Marc De Bodt, Gwen Van Nuffelen

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Dysphagia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05074784 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Effects of IOPI on Swallowing Function and Functional Status in Geriatric Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorKhoo Teck Puat HospitalRan2021 to 2022Enrolled84ConditionsDysphagiaArmsIOPI Therapy, Tongue Depressor Traditional Intervention
NCT07080996 phase3enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Biofeedback Tongue Strengthening Program on Tongue Pressure and Swallowing Performance in Elderly With Abnormal Tongue Pressure

TypeinterventionalSponsorMahidol UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled52ConditionsPresbyphagia, Abnormal Tongue PressureArmsStrengthening training with biofeedback, Endurance training with biofeedback
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Leen Van den SteenDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery - Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, Edegem, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium. Leen.Van.den.Steen@uza.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8158-7629
Jan VanderwegenDepartment of Speech, Language and Audiology, University College Thomas More, Molenstraat 8, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium.
Cindy GunsDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery - Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, Edegem, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium.
Rik ElenDepartment of Speech, Language and Audiology, University College Thomas More, Molenstraat 8, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium.
Marc De BodtDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery - Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, Edegem, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium.
Gwen Van NuffelenDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery - Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, Antwerp University Hospital, Wilrijkstraat 10, Edegem, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BECentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Pierre · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tongue-strengthening exercises (TSE) are based on the principles of exercise and motor learning, including intensity. Intensity is manipulated by gradually adjusting the resistive load. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) investigates the effect of three different values resistive load during TSE in healthy older adults. Sixty subjects completed 8 weeks of TSE while exercising with Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI). They were randomly distributed to 4 different treatment arms: 3 exercise groups (EG1: n = 15; EG2: n = 16, EG3: n = 16) and 1 control group performing lip-strengthening exercises (CG: n = 13). Values of resistive load for EG1, EG2, and EG3 were 100, 80, and 60% 1RM, respectively. Anterior and posterior maximal isometric pressures (MIP

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AgedExerciseFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMuscle StrengthResistance TrainingTongueDysphagiaLip-strengthening exercisesResistive loadTongue-strengthening exercises

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PMID30209561
OpenAlexW2890640525

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