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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2010 Aug;53(4):898–907. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/09-0048)

Table 1.

Order of Procedures

Baseline Measure 1 Rest Baseline Measure 2 Meal Post-Meal Measure
Parameter Tongue Strength Tongue Endurance* Baseline Effort Tongue Strength Tongue Endurance Meal Effort Meal Duration Swallowing Difficulty Tongue Strength Tongue Endurance
Measure Max Isometric Pressure (P1max) Duration of Pressure ≥ 0.5 × P1max Percent of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Max Isometric Pressure (P2max) Duration of Pressure ≥ 0.5 × P2max Percent of VAS Time to Complete Meal # of Coughs, Throat Clears, & Changes in Vocal Quality Max Isometric Pressure (P3max) Duration of Pressure ≥ 0.5×(P1max+P2max2)
Approx Time 10 Minutes 20 Minutes 10 Minutes 30 Minutes 10 Minutes
*

Refer to Figure 1 for tongue endurance measurement criteria