Development of training equipments and methods for the elderly with decreased swallowing function
Description: we focused on mouth-opening exercises, which we combined with conventional exercise methods, using a newly devised mouth -opening training device to impose a load, and investigated whether this was useful as a more effective laryngeal elevation exercise technique.The fact that the modification of conventional mouth-opening exercises bythe imposition of a load increased the activity of the suprahyoid muscles, improving the endurance of the suprahyoid muscles in particular, suggested that this method may be effective in improving muscle strength, which may potentially improve swallowing function.
Amount: ¥2,470,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Start date: 2016-04-01
End date: 2018-03-31
Investigator: yuichi ootsuka
Institution: Kumamoto Health Science University
Subfield: Speech and Hearing
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Funded outputs count: 0
Funder award ID: 16K12966
OpenAlex ID: G3605999003