Abstract
(1) Background: Increasing tongue and lip strength may help improve various speech and swallowing disorders, but it is unclear if instrumentalists who use these muscle groups for long periods of time have greater strength and endurance compared to controls. It is also unclear if instrumentalists can more accurately estimate various exercise intensities. The purpose of this study was to determine differences in lip and tongue strength and endurance between instrumentalists and non-instrumentalists (controls). A secondary purpose was to assess differences in ability to estimate various exercise intensities between the two groups. (2) Methods: Instrumentalists and controls’ maximum strength and endurance were measured using the IOPI Pro medical device. In addition, 40%, 60% and 80% of maximum strength were estimated in a randomized order. (3) Results: No significant differences were found between instrumentalists and controls in strength or endurance or the ability to estimate various intensities. Overall, participants were better at estimating tongue strength at moderate intensities and lip strength at higher intensities. (4) Conclusion: Tongue and lip strength and endurance and the ability to estimate exercise intensities are not impacted by years of instrumentalist training compared to healthy controls.
Highlights
The orofacial muscles are important for daily activities, such as swallowing, making facial expressions and speaking [1]
We hypothesized that instrumentalists would have similar tongue strength and endurance and better hypothesized that instrumentalists would have similar tongue strength and endurance and better ability abilitytotoestimate estimatedifferent differentstrength strengthintensities intensitieswhen whencompared comparedtotocontrols
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Summary
The orofacial muscles are important for daily activities, such as swallowing, making facial expressions and speaking [1]. Some of the major orofacial muscles include the orbicularis oris superior, orbicularis oris inferior, buccinator, and risorius, which are vital for helping to keep food in the mouth, producing facial expressions and creating sounds [1]. The tongue is another orofacial muscle that is especially important as it plays a key role in swallowing. Some individuals who have had surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma continue to have significant difficulties swallowing up to 5 years post-surgery [3]
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