Effect of early tongue training on oral function for the young older (Early tongue training using medical Pekopanda)

JRCT ID: jRCT1062220055

Registered date:13/09/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Preservation and improvement of tongue pressure
• Date of first enrollment: 21/09/2022
• Target sample size: 30
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): The training to crush the medical Pekopanda with the tongue is done 3 sets (5 times x 3 as one set) a day, every day for half a year. The maximum tongue pressure is measured once a month. Select medical Pekopanda ofappropriate strength and continue training.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Maximum tongue pressure

Secondary Outcome

Oral hygiene : Tongue Coating Index (TCI)
Dry mouth : oral moisture using Mucus
Occlusal force : Dental prescale
Tongue and lip motor function : KENKOU-KUN Handy
Masticatory function : Glucosensor
Swallowing function : EAT10

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 65age old
• Age maximum: <= 74age old
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1. 65 years old or older, 74 years old or younger at the time of consent
2. It is possible to go to Hiroshima University Hospital.
3. Written consent from the individual to participate in this study

Exclude criteria

1.Those who have an upset upper or lower anterior tooth and are deemed inappropriate by the principal investigator or principal study investigator.
2. Those with abnormal strangulation reflexes who are deemed inappropriate by the principal investigator or research assistant.
3. Those who are participating in or willing to parti cipate in other clinical studies while participating i n this study.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Tsuga Kazuhiro