A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece
This study developed a novel chair-side tongue pressure (TP) measuring instrument with a disposable positioning mouthpiece controlled using a smartphone application (APP), denoted as the TP wireless application (TPWA). The mouthpiece was designed with a palate-shaped air balloon containing a tongue...
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| author | Hsiu-Yueh Liu Chun-Hung Chen Chao-Hung Kuo Ming-Chu Feng Jen-Hao Chen Hsuan-Wen Wang Kun-Chun Chen Chun-Li Lin |
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| description | This study developed a novel chair-side tongue pressure (TP) measuring instrument with a disposable positioning mouthpiece controlled using a smartphone application (APP), denoted as the TP wireless application (TPWA). The mouthpiece was designed with a palate-shaped air balloon containing a tongue contact bump and a plastic bite positioning tube. Fatigue load testing was performed to evaluate mouthpiece durability by applying 700 displacement cycles (50 times a day for one week during training, with twice the safety factor) on the air balloon. The main component used in developing this instrument was a silicon pressure sensor equipped with wireless Bluetooth connection. Young (52 adults; mean age = 20.23 ± 2.17) and elderly (40 adults; mean age = 72.60 ± 7.03) individuals participated in the test with the new instrument, with the results compared to those of a commercial device. The TPWA mouthpiece fatigue test showed that mean response pressures were maintained at 12 kPa. No significant (<i>p</i> > 0.05) differences were found during testing repetitions 0–10 and 701–710. There were no significant differences in the maximum TP values presented between the test sequences using different instruments for young and elderly participants. The TPWA results showed that TP values gradually decreased with increasing age (40.77 kPa for young and 16.55 kPa for elderly participants). The maximum TP for males (43.51 kPa) was significantly larger than that for females (35.14 kPa) in the young group, but an opposite trend was seen in the elderly group (12.97 for males and 17.59 for females). Thus, this study developed a novel chair-side TP measurement instrument with Bluetooth wireless mobile application control. A durable positioning oral mouthpiece was approved for measuring pressure sufficiently, reliably, and precisely for TP screening. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f85caac0e44c49d9bac5f0c1fcc098622023-11-21T09:53:19ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182021-03-0111348910.3390/diagnostics11030489A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning MouthpieceHsiu-Yueh Liu0Chun-Hung Chen1Chao-Hung Kuo2Ming-Chu Feng3Jen-Hao Chen4Hsuan-Wen Wang5Kun-Chun Chen6Chun-Li Lin7Department of Oral Hygiene, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, TaiwanDepartment of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal SiaoGang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 81267, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, TaiwanDepartment of Nursing, Kaohsiung Municipal SiaoGang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 81267, TaiwanSchool of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, TaiwanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, TaiwanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, TaiwanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, TaiwanThis study developed a novel chair-side tongue pressure (TP) measuring instrument with a disposable positioning mouthpiece controlled using a smartphone application (APP), denoted as the TP wireless application (TPWA). The mouthpiece was designed with a palate-shaped air balloon containing a tongue contact bump and a plastic bite positioning tube. Fatigue load testing was performed to evaluate mouthpiece durability by applying 700 displacement cycles (50 times a day for one week during training, with twice the safety factor) on the air balloon. The main component used in developing this instrument was a silicon pressure sensor equipped with wireless Bluetooth connection. Young (52 adults; mean age = 20.23 ± 2.17) and elderly (40 adults; mean age = 72.60 ± 7.03) individuals participated in the test with the new instrument, with the results compared to those of a commercial device. The TPWA mouthpiece fatigue test showed that mean response pressures were maintained at 12 kPa. No significant (<i>p</i> > 0.05) differences were found during testing repetitions 0–10 and 701–710. There were no significant differences in the maximum TP values presented between the test sequences using different instruments for young and elderly participants. The TPWA results showed that TP values gradually decreased with increasing age (40.77 kPa for young and 16.55 kPa for elderly participants). The maximum TP for males (43.51 kPa) was significantly larger than that for females (35.14 kPa) in the young group, but an opposite trend was seen in the elderly group (12.97 for males and 17.59 for females). Thus, this study developed a novel chair-side TP measurement instrument with Bluetooth wireless mobile application control. A durable positioning oral mouthpiece was approved for measuring pressure sufficiently, reliably, and precisely for TP screening.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/3/489tonguetongue pressuredysphagiaoral hypofunctionexercisetraining |
| spellingShingle | Hsiu-Yueh Liu Chun-Hung Chen Chao-Hung Kuo Ming-Chu Feng Jen-Hao Chen Hsuan-Wen Wang Kun-Chun Chen Chun-Li Lin A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece Diagnostics tongue tongue pressure dysphagia oral hypofunction exercise training |
| title | A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece |
| title_full | A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece |
| title_short | A Novel Tongue Pressure Measurement Instrument with Wireless Mobile Application Control Function and Disposable Positioning Mouthpiece |
| title_sort | novel tongue pressure measurement instrument with wireless mobile application control function and disposable positioning mouthpiece |
| topic | tongue tongue pressure dysphagia oral hypofunction exercise training |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/3/489 |
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