Avaliação clínica da língua em adultos jovens

Abstract

Purpose: to verify the relationship between the aspects of tongue clinical evaluation. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 48 healthy adults, 13 men and 35 women (ages 20-44 years, M=24.8 years, SD=5.3years). The following aspects were checked: tongue force, alternatemovements, snap, suctionand vibration of the tongue. The evaluator also checked ifthe floor of the mouth elevated during tasks of tongue elevation or sucking tongue on palateand the occurrence of lingual tremor. Results: the aspects with the most frequent alteration were sucking tongue on palate and tongue vibra tion.Tremor had a higher occurrence during tongue movements.We found statistically significant asso ciation between snap and vibration and between vibration and elevation of the floor of the mouth during elevation of the tongue. Tongue force was associated with snap, vibration and elevation of the floor of the mouth during tongue elevation.Conclusion: the level of force influences lingual praxis performance. Vibration changes tend to be accom panied by other difficulties.