The Analysis of Influence of Trunk Balance on Feeding and Swallowing Fanction

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20791645
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Social dentistry
• Research Institution: Showa University
• Principal Investigator: KENTARO Ishikawa Showa University, 歯学部, 助教 (80453629)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Keywords: 重心動揺 / 摂食・嚥下機能 / 口蓋部舌圧

Research Abstract

About the influence on the feeding-swallowing function by change of a posture, the existence of with or without grounding of foot bottom considered the influence which it has on the feeding-swallowing function consisting mainly of chewing or swallowing from the research which used a center-of-gravity agitation meter and ultrasonic diagnostic equipment 。As a result, while a possibility of giving change to the center-of-gravity agitation under chewing by the existence of grounding of foot bottom when the stability of a trunk changes, a possibility of making the pressure in the palate at the time of swallowing producing change。