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SUBMITTER: Berggren KN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6131032 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Muscle & nerve 20180901 3
<h4>Introduction</h4>Herein we present an exploratory study of orofacial function in children with congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM) vs. healthy controls.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated 41 children with CDM and 29 healthy controls for speech and swallow function and for lingual and labial strength.<h4>Results</h4>The Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI), measuring tongue strength, and a lip force meter (LFM), measuring lip strength, had excellent interrater reliability with intraclass correlat ...[more]