Comparison of Three Types of Tongue Pressure Measurement Devices
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Mineka Yoshikawa Mitsuyoshi Yoshida Kazuhiro Tsuga Yasumasa Akagawa Michael E. Groher
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
A new tongue pressure device consisting of a simple and safe disposable probe and manometer has been developed. This report describes a study that examined the validity of the new device, comparing it to a widely used tongue pressure manometer, the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI), and to the stable adhered three air-filled bulbs manometry system. The first test compared maximum tongue pressure measured with the new device and the IOPI (13 male, 9 female, 25.0 years). The second test compared maximum tongue pressure and swallowing tongue pressure measured with the new device and the threebulb device (13 male, 9 female, 31.0 years). Significant correlations of maximum tongue pressure were found between the new device and the IOPI in the first test (p\0.05). In the second test, significant correlations of maximum tongue pressure were found between the new device at the anterior and middle sensors (p\0.05) but not at the posterior sensor of the three-bulb device. Significant correlations of swallowing tongue pressure between the new device and the three-bulb device were found (p\0.05). These findings demonstrate that the measurements by the new simple tongue pressure device are closely equivalent to those of the IOPI and three-bulb devices, demonstrating that the new device is capable of accurately measuring the pressure generated by the whole tongue.
Dysphagia DOI 10.1007/s00455-010-9291-3 Received: 21 November 2008 / Accepted: 22 June 2010
