Optimal tongue exercise for Elderly Presbyphagia: Randomized Controlled Trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- KCT0004220
- Lead Sponsor
- Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
a. 65 years old or older
b. Have the cognitive ability to understand and follow exercise (MMSE=26)
Exclusion Criteria
a. People with diseases related to swallowing (eg stroke, Parkinson dis)
b. People who can't change their posture because of cervical disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Maximum lingual isometric pressures
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Peak pressures during effortful swallowing