Tongue-Pressure Resistance Training: Workout for Dysphagia.

The article discusses the tongue-pressure resistance training as the focus in dysphagia rehabilitation. It states that the training addresses more generic oral-motor exercise, fatigue, exercise intensity and duration of treatment. It adds that tongue-pressure resistance exercise is established on the theory that the tongue is set on a skeletal muscle that may weakened with age or disease, but it may respond to exercise of the muscle. It further discusses the impact of the exercise on swallowing.