Five Specific Tongue Movements in a Healthy Population.

Autor: Kappert KDR; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. k.kappert@nki.nl.; Robotics and Mechatronics, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. k.kappert@nki.nl., van Dijk S; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Wellenstein D; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., van Alphen MJA; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., van Son RJJH; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication, Universtiy of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Smeele LE; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Balm AJM; Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Dysphagia [Dysphagia] 2021 Aug; Vol. 36 (4), pp. 736-742. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 11.
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-020-10195-y
Abstrakt: The importance of tongue mobility on speech, oral food transport, and swallowing is well recognized. However, whether the individual tongue mobility influences postoperative function in oral cancer treatment remains to be elucidated. This study assesses the ability to perform five tongue movements as rolling, twisting (two sides), folding, and the 'cloverleaf' in a healthy population. Because a tumor in oral cancer patients often restricts the mobility of the tongue, it might be helpful to know if it is possible to recall any of those movements without demonstrating it. Two observers asked 387 Dutch healthy adults if they could perform one of the five specific tongue movements and were subsequently asked to demonstrate the five movements. The distribution in the Dutch population is: rolling: 83.7%, cloverleaf: 14.7%, folding: 27.5%, twisting left: 36.1% and twisting right: 35.6%. The percentage of people that can fold their tongue is almost ten times higher (3% versus 27.5%) than in previous research, and it was found that the ability to roll the tongue is not a prerequisite for folding of the tongue. A relationship between gender or right-handedness and the ability to perform certain tongue movements could not be found. Of the participants, 9.9% and 13.1% incorrectly assumed that they could demonstrate tongue rolling and cloverleaf. Tongue folding and twisting (left or right) were incorrectly assumed in 36.9%, 24.1%, and 25.4% of the cases. Rolling and cloverleaf are preferred for future prediction models because these movements are easy to recall without demonstrating.
(© 2020. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz: