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Effects of tongue strengthening exercises in healthy adults and elderly: an integrative literature review.
Review in CoDAS, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07080996 (Effect of Biofeedback Tongue Strengthening Program on Tongue Pressure and Swallowing Performance in Elderly With Abnormal Tongue Pressure), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Effect of Biofeedback Tongue Strengthening Program on Tongue Pressure and Swallowing Performance in Elderly With Abnormal Tongue Pressure
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Effects of synergistic tongue and chin resistance training on swallowing function, oral intake, and cognitive function in community-dwelling elderly individuals with frailty: a double-blind randomised controlled trial.Journal of global health · 2025Trial
- Association of tongue, handgrip, and pinch strength with blood-based phosphorylated-tau 181 in cognitively healthy older adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Effects of an oral exercise intervention on pre-frailty or frailty in older people: a randomized clinical trial.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Swallowing and Tongue Strength Index in Patients With Temporomandibular Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Effect of Oral Function Training on Swallowing Function in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Assessment of oral hypofunction and its association with age among Korean community-dwelling older adults.BMC oral health · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo summarize and discuss the scientific literature on the effects of tongue strengthening exercises on healthy adults and elderly people. RESEARCH STRATEGIES: We searched two online databases, PubMed and Web of Science. SELECTION CRITERIA: Studies with evidence of interventions in tongues strengthening exercises in healthy individuals over 18 years of age. DATA ANALYSIS: Study objectives, design, participants, interventions, gain in the percentage of tongue strength.
resultsSixteen studies were included. There was an increase in tongue strength after strengthening training in healthy adults and elderly people. This strength was maintained after a short period of detraining. We could not compare the results between age groups due to the different methodological designs. We found that the approach of a less intense training protocol was more effective in gaining tongue strength in the elderly.
conclusionTongue strength training proved effective in increasing tongue strength in healthy individuals of different age groups. The benefits reported for the elderly corresponded to the reversal of the progressive loss of strength and muscle mass caused by aging. These findings must be interpreted with caution considering the number of studies on the elderly and their methodological variability.
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