Clinical assessment of the tongue in healthy young adults
Avaliação clínica da língua em adultos jovens
Bárbara Antunes Rezende; Renata Maria Moreira Moraes Furlan; Estevam Barbosa de Las Casas; Andréa Rodrigues Motta
Abstract
Purpose: to verify the relationship between the aspects of tongue clinical evaluation.
Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 48 healthy adults, 13 men and 35 women (ages 20-44 years, M=24.8 years, SD=5.3years). The following aspects were checked: tongue force, alternate movements, snap, suctionand vibration of the tongue. The evaluator also checked ifthe floor of the mouth elevated during tasks of tongue elevation or sucking tongue on palateand the occurrence of lingual tremor.
Results: the aspects with the most frequent alteration were sucking tongue on palate and tongue vibration.Tremor had a higher occurrence during tongue movements.We found statistically significant association between snap and vibration and between vibration and elevation of the floor of the mouth during elevation of the tongue. Tongue force was associated with snap, vibration and elevation of the floor of the mouth during tongue elevation.
Conclusion: the level of force influences lingual praxis performance. Vibration changes tend to be accompanied by other difficulties.
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Objetivo: verificar a existência de associação entre os aspectos da avaliação clínica da língua.
Métodos: foi realizado um estudo transversal, com 48 adultos saudáveis, 13 homens e 35 mulheres (idades entre 20 e 44 anos, M=24,8 anos, DP=5,3 anos). Os seguintes aspectos foram avaliados: tensão, movimentos alternados, estalo de língua, sucção de língua no palato e vibração de língua. O avaliador também verificou se o assoalho da boca se elevava durante as tarefas de elevação de língua e sucção de língua no palato e a ocorrência de tremor lingual.
Resultados: os aspectos com maior número de indivíduos alterados foram sucção de língua no palato e vibração de língua. Tremor apresentou grande ocorrência durante as tarefas de mobilidade. Verificou-se associação estatisticamente significante entre estalo e vibração de língua; e entre vibração e elevação do assoalho da boca durante elevação da língua. Houve associação também entre tensão da língua e as variáveis estalo, vibração de língua e elevação do assoalho da boca durante a elevação da língua.
Conclusão: o grau de tensão da língua influencia o desempenho de praxias linguais. As alterações de vibração tendem a vir acompanhadas de outras dificuldades.
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03/04/2016
Aceito em:
20/04/2016
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