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Program of Community Oral Function Enhancement

NCT06794814 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2025-01-27

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Summary

The purpose of this study examined the effects of oral exercise on oral function among older adults in Taiwan, focusing on gender-related outcome differences.

Seventy-seven community-dwelling older adults aged 65 and above participated in a six-week oral exercise program, performed before each meal.

After six-week, the participants were examed the salivary secretion, swallowing ability (RSST), oral diadochokinesis, bite force, quality of life (assessed by OHIP-14) and EAT-10.

Conditions

  • Oral Hypofunction

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

oral exercise

The oral exercise protocol included several physical components, namely neck and shoulder stretching, cheek puffing exercises, tongue exercises, salivary gland massage, and oral diadochokinesis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ming-Lun Hsu, Distinguished professor · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-24
Primary Completion
2024-07-30
Completion
2024-07-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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