ArticleNutrients2021
Suboptimal Tongue Pressure Is Associated with Risk of Malnutrition in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals.
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- Relationship between tongue pressure and handgrip strength: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
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- Association between Dysphagia and Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Tongue Training Tasks on Intramuscular Activity Distribution: Evaluation Using Muscle Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- The Impact of Nutrition and Oral Function Exercise on among Community-Dwelling Older People.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Effect of Oral Health Education Using a Mobile App (OHEMA) on the Oral Health and Swallowing-Related Quality of Life in Community-Based Integrated Care of the Elderly: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
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- Association between oral food processing ability and nutritional status of older adults based on factor analysis.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of oral diadochokinesis with activities of daily living in older adults: a cross-sectional observational study.BMC oral health · 2026Observational
- Oral health and its association with dysphagia severity and nutritional vulnerability after stroke: a structural equation modeling study.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
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- Association between malnutrition and low tongue pressure in community-dwelling older people: a population-based cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Relationship between Tongue Pressure and Nutritional Status in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Single-center Cross-sectional Study.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Nutritional Status, Frailty, Oral Health, and Oral Motor Functions in Long-Term Care Residents with Swallowing Dysfunction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Association Between Low Tongue Pressure and Physical Abnormalities in Adolescent and Young Adult Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between tongue pressure and oral status and activities of daily living in stroke patients admitted to a convalescent rehabilitation unit.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
- Decreased serum creatinine to cystatin C ratio is associated with low tongue pressure.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2024Article
- Exploring Oral Function, Protein Intake, and Risk of Sarcopenia: A Scoping Review.JDR clinical and translational research · 2024Article
- Sarcopenic Dysphagia and Simplified Rehabilitation Nutrition Care Process: An Update.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
The tongue plays an important role in swallowing, and its dysfunction theoretically leads to inadequate oral intake and subsequent malnutrition. This study aimed to explore how different levels of tongue pressure are related to malnutrition among community-dwelling older individuals. The target population was community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 65 years. Tongue pressure was measured using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument, whereas the mini nutrition assessment (MNA) test was administered to determine the nutritional status. A full MNA score of less than 24 points was defined as risk of malnutrition. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to calculate the odds ratio (OR) of risk of malnutrition among different quartiles of tongue pressure. Among the 362 participants, 26 (7.1%) were classified as having risk of malnutrition. Body weight, body mass index, handgrip strength, skeletal muscle mass index, sum MNA score, and serum levels of albumin were lower in the malnutrition risk groups than in the normal nutrition status group. A positive correlation was identified between tongue pressure and the MNA score (
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