Progressive Protrusive Tongue Exercise Does Not Alter Aging Effects in Retrusive Tongue Muscles

Purpose: Exercise-based treatment approaches for dysphagia may improve swallow function in part by inducing adaptive changes to muscles involved in swallowing and deglutition. We have previously shown that both aging and progressive resistance tongue exercise, in a rat model, can induce biological c...

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Main Authors: Tiffany J. Glass, Joanie E. Figueroa, John A. Russell, Brittany N. Krekeler, Nadine P. Connor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.740876/full