Normative Ranges of Lingual Strength and Endurance and the Impact of the IOPI Lingual Strength Trainer on Quantitative Functional Outcomes and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Partial Glossectomy or Hemiglossectomy for Oral Tongue Cancer, A Pilot Study
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to learn more about tongue strength and endurance by using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI). The IOPI is a device that measures tongue pressure.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years old * Scheduled to undergo primary surgery for oral tongue cancer (glossectomy types 1 to 3) using any type of closure or reconstruction Exclusion Criteria: * Previous radiation therapy to the oral cavity or head and neck * Previous surgery for oral cavity cancer * Recurrent oral cavity cancer * Surgical requirement of extension to involve bone (mandible resection) * Subtotal or total glossectomy * Feeding tube dependance prior to surgery
Interventions
- DeviceIowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI)
The Iowa Oral Performance Instrument/IOPI is an instrument that objectively measures tongue strength using a standard-sized air-filled bulb. An individual presses the bulb against the roof of the mouth with the tongue to generate a pressure measurement in kilopascals (kPa). Maximum tongue strength can be determined using a measure of pressure.
Locations (7)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Consent only)Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- Memoral Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent only)Middletown, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)Montvale, New Jersey
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk-Commack (Consent only)Commack, New York
- Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent only)Harrison, New York
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activites)New York, New York