Table 2: Characterization of apex and dorsum lingual pressure
measures, mouth opening and FOIS scale, at all moments of evaluation (N=11).
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Pre-treatment |
After
15 days of speech therapy |
Post-tratament |
Time |
Group |
Time x group |
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|
Lingual apex pressure (kPa) |
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|
IG |
36,67±5,30 |
37,17±5,50 † |
38,35±6,25 † |
0,00 |
0,00 |
0,00 |
|
|
CG |
24,25±7,25 |
23,50±3,51 |
11,20±1,86 ‡ |
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|
Lingual dorsum pressure (kPa) |
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|
IG § |
34,60±4,53 |
32,80±4,26 |
35,60±3,05 |
0,29 |
0,00 |
0,11 |
|
|
CG |
18,25±2,48 |
25,25±6,23 |
19,32±5,87 |
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|
Month Opening (mm) |
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|
GI |
37,00±6,08 |
35,14±5,88 ¶ |
35,28±5,93 |
0,00 |
0,36 |
0,05 |
|
|
GC |
46,75±2,27 |
44,00±3,50 |
35,87±1,69 ‡ ¶ |
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FOIS # |
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|
GI |
7 [4-6] |
7 [5-7] ∆ |
7 [5-7] † |
0,03 |
0,00 |
0,05 |
|
|
GC |
6,5 [5-7] |
4,5 [2-5] |
1 [1-3] ‡ ¶ |
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IG= Intervention Group; CG= Control Group. FOIS=
Functional Oral Intake Scale. Data are means ± standard deviation; kPa=
Kilopascal; mm=millimeters; #Median [25%-75%]; †
differs significantly from the CG (time effect x group); ‡ differs
significantly after speech therapy (time effect x group); § differs
significantly from the CG (effect of group); ¶ differs significantly from the
first evaluation (time effect x group); Ø differs significantly from the first
evaluation (time effect x group).