Quantitative imaging of tongue kinematics during infant feeding and adult swallowing reveals highly conserved patterns

Abstract Tongue motility is an essential physiological component of human feeding from infancy through adulthood. At present, it is a challenge to distinguish among the many pathologies of swallowing due to the absence of quantitative tools. We objectively quantified tongue kinematics from ultrasoun...

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Main Authors: Catherine W. Genna, Yiela Saperstein, Scott A. Siegel, Andrew F. Laine, David Elad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-02-01
Series:Physiological Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14685