CoDASPub Date : 2025-01-27eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/e20240016en
Lucas Mateus Rodrigues Carvalho, Ana Paula de Oliveira Barbosa, Nara Amanda Laismann, Débora Santos Lula Barros, Rodrigo Fonseca Lima, Rafael Santos Santana
{"title":"Quality assessment of clinical guidelines in the care of laryngitis and pharyngitis according to AGREE II.","authors":"Lucas Mateus Rodrigues Carvalho, Ana Paula de Oliveira Barbosa, Nara Amanda Laismann, Débora Santos Lula Barros, Rodrigo Fonseca Lima, Rafael Santos Santana","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240016en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240016en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The study aimed to identify and assess the methodological quality of essential clinical guidelines for the management of laryngitis and pharyngitis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search of clinical guidelines for the management of laryngitis and pharyngitis was performed in three databases. Methodological quality was assessed according to AGREE II, in which each item in its domains was scored by four independent evaluators. To determine the agreement, a weighted Kappa square statistic calculation was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>81 studies were found in the bibliographic sources consulted and all were evaluated. Considering the exclusion criteria, seven guidelines were selected for final evaluation by AGREE II. The squared weighted Kappa coefficient calculated after the first round of evaluation by AGREE II was 0.85, within an almost perfect agreement rate. The domains \"stakeholder engagement\", \"applicability\", and \"editorial independence\" had the lowest mean scores and the highest standard deviation indices. They had, respectively, a mean score of (63.7%) with a standard deviation of (17%), a mean score of (65.7%) with a standard deviation of (22%), and a mean score of (35%) with a standard deviation of (23%). The use of penicillin, erythromycin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, azithromycin and clarithromycin were recommended in (75%) of all guidelines that presented pharmacological measures. As a non-pharmacological measure, oral rehydration and gargling were recommended by two guidelines.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The statistical results indicate that all guidelines were considered as recommended. However, no uniformity was observed in the recommendations of these seven guidelines with regard to non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240016"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of rapid maxillary expansion on auditory thresholds and middle ear functioning.","authors":"Cassiele Fontoura Moraes, Erissandra Gomes, Rebeca Cardona Santa Helena, Pricila Sleifer","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20230343pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20230343pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To ascertain whether Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) elicits effects on the functioning of the middle ear and air-bone gaps in children and adolescents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Single-arm clinical trial, with data collection at four time points: before initiating Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) (T0), upon completion of RME (T1), three months post-RME completion (T2), and six months post-RME procedure (T3). The audiological assessment, conducted at all four time points, comprised otoscopy, pure tone and speech audiometry, tympanometry, and acoustic reflex investigation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighteen children and adolescents met the eligibility criteria. There was a reduction in air-bone gaps and an improvement in middle ear function throughout the follow-up period, between T0, T1, T2, and T3. Three months after the completion of RME, at T2, all patients exhibited type A tympanometric curves, and six months after RME, at T3, there was an absence of air-bone gaps and ipsilateral and contralateral acoustic reflexes present in the entire sample.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In the studied sample, it was observed that Rapid Maxillary Expansion (RME) led to a gradual reduction in air-bone gaps, resulting in appropriate middle ear function in children and adolescents with transverse maxillary atresia.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20230343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781362/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2025-01-27eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/e20240106en
Simone Nicolini de Simoni, Denis Altieri de Oliveira Moraes, Karina Carlesso Pagliarin, Márcia Keske-Soares
{"title":"Profiles of Early Expressive Phonological Skills-Brazilian Portuguese (PEEPS-BP): a diagnostic accuracy study.","authors":"Simone Nicolini de Simoni, Denis Altieri de Oliveira Moraes, Karina Carlesso Pagliarin, Márcia Keske-Soares","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240106en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240106en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To present the criterion validity, sensitivity, specificity, and cut-off scores for the Profiles of Early Expressive Phonological Skills Test - Brazilian Portuguese (PEEPS-BP) - Expanded List.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a quantitative cross-sectional psychometric study. The sample consisted of 30 children with no identified neurodevelopmental disorders aged 24 to 36 months. Twenty-three were part of the control group, and seven were part of the clinical group, which consisted of children with reported delays in vocabulary acquisition and phonological development. Children were administered the PEEPS-BP - Expanded List and responses to each item/stimulus were analyzed based on the following categories: spontaneous naming, repetition, and not naming the item at all. Criterion validity was established using Student's T-test to compare the scores obtained by clinical and control group participants on the instrument. Sensitivity and specificity analyses were performed using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves. Results were considered significant at p ≤ 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Scores of the clinical and control groups differed significantly at p ≤ 0.001. A cut-off point of 34 had a sensitivity of 0.957 and specificity of 100.00 in distinguishing between the two participant groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PEEPS-BP had adequate criterion validity and cut-off points that could distinguish between the clinical and control group with satisfactory sensitivity and specificity.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781357/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2025-01-27eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/e20240087pt
Diego Henrique da Cruz Martinho, Eric Rodrigues Dias, Ana Carolina Constantini
{"title":"Different measures of fundamental frequency and vocal satisfaction among transgender men and women.","authors":"Diego Henrique da Cruz Martinho, Eric Rodrigues Dias, Ana Carolina Constantini","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240087pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240087pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To verify possible correlations between fo and voice satisfaction among Brazilian transgender people.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An observational, cross-sectional quantitative study was conducted with the Trans Woman Voice Questionnaire (TWVQ), voice recording (sustained vowel and automatic speech) and extraction of seven acoustic measurements related to fo position and variability in transgender people. Participants were divided into two groups according to gender. After descriptive and inferential analysis, comparison between both groups was performed by Student's t-test and the correlation between fo measurements and the TWVQ protocol was calculated by Pearson's correlation (p<0.05).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 11 transgender women (mean age = 26.91) and seven transgender men (mean age = 26.57) participated in the study. Women desired a slightly feminine voice, scoring 72.8 on the TWVQ, with mean pitch values of 165.2Hz on vowels and 144.5Hz in speech. Men desired a slightly masculine voice, scoring 68.4 on the TWVQ, with mean pitch values of 143.3Hz on vowels and 138.9Hz in speech. Of the seven evaluated measures, only the maximum pitch during number counting by women showed a moderate negative correlation with the TWVQ (p=0.043).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Only maximum fo during number counting by transgender women showed a negative correlation with the TWVQ score. Results suggest that although fo may play a role in gender perception by voice, it is not the only determinant of vocal satisfaction in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240087"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781363/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of level of knowledge and satisfaction of website about cleft lip and palate.","authors":"Melissa Picinato-Pirola, Raíssa Gomes Magalhães, Marilia Gabriela Gonçalves Ribeiro, Thiago Pestillo Seles, Camila de Castro Corrêa","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240006en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240006en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To promote orientation about cleft lip and palate and to verify knowledge and satisfaction of an orientation program through a website developed for students and health professionals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a cross-sectional study, 13 healthcare professionals and 81 students from the areas of nursing, speech-language pathologist, medicine, nutrition, dentistry, and psychology participated. The research consisted of three stages: filling out a pre-program questionnaire, accessing the website (http://fissuralabiopalatina.unb.br/) developed by the researchers and filling out a post-program questionnaire. For the statistical analyses McNemar's, Chi-square and Fisher's Exact Tests were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of students were enrolled in the eighth semester of graduation or above, with little or no prior contact with the CLP. After accessing the website, there was an increase in knowledge for eight questions (p≤0.05). 70.2% consider their satisfaction when accessing the website to be excellent, 24.5% very good and 5.3% good. 44.7% of participants praised the website's design and layout, accessible language and informative content.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It was possible to promote the guidelines about cleft lip and palate on the website, observing was an expansion of the topic for students and health professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240006"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781361/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the nature of stuttering through a behavioral-neuro-modulation intervention program in bilinguals with stuttering.","authors":"Chanchal Chaudhary, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Gopee Krishnan","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240186en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240186en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Investigations on identifying the nature of stuttering present varying views. The argument remains whether the stuttering dysfluencies have a motor or a linguistic foundation. Though stuttering is considered a speech-motor disorder, linguistic factors are increasingly reported to play a role in stuttering. Current literature points towards deficits in speech-related motor areas of the brain to abnormalities in linguistic planning and phonological memory playing a role in stuttering. Examining cross-linguistic generalization of treatment gains from treated to untreated language in bilinguals who stutter may provide a unique opportunity to explore the motor and linguistic factors in stuttering.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the current study, we explored this potential by experimentally controlling the language of treatment in bilinguals with stuttering (BWS). We hypothesized that if the dysfluencies in stuttering arise from the underlying motor deficits, then the language of treatment would not play a significant role in cross-linguistic generalization. Sixteen BWS were given transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) along with behavioral intervention for three weeks. The language of treatment was randomized, wherein participants in one group received behavioral intervention in their dominant language and the other in their non-dominant language.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results showed that participants in both groups showed a reduction in their stuttering dysfluencies (% stuttered syllables) regardless of the language of treatment, and the treatment gains were generalized to the non-treated language.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Linguistic factors such as language dominance and structure of languages did not surface to play a role in the generalization, signaling the motoric nature of dysfluencies in stuttering.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11781365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Montreal Cognitive Assessment Hearing Impairment (MoCA-H): cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese.","authors":"Rochele Martins Machado, Karina Carlesso Pagliarin, Fernanda Soares Aurélio Patatt","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240125en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240125en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to adapt the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Hearing Impaired (MoCA-H) into Brazilian Portuguese (BP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative, and qualitative study involving participants selected by convenience. The instrument was adapted from its original version, in a six-stage process consisting of the following: Stage 1 - Translation and back translation of the MoCA-H; Stage 2 - Stimulus analysis and selection; Stage 3 - Semantic analysis of stimuli; Stage 4 - Analysis by non-expert judges, part 1; Stage 5 - Analysis by non-expert judges, part 2; Stage 6 - Pilot study. The following statistical methods were used in this study: parametric T-test, Gwet's first-order Agreement Coefficient (AC1), and the Content Validity Ratio (CVR).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cultural and linguistic adaptations were made to the instrument as well as changes to administration procedures to improve respondent comprehension. Participants with and without hearing loss had some comprehension difficulties in the visualspatial/executive domain task. This was observed not only in Stage 6 but also from the beginning of the adaptation process.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The adaptation process yielded an instrument with satisfactory content validity.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11758854/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2025-01-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/e20240003en
Camila Domeniconi, Marta Gràcia, Priscila Benitez
{"title":"The effects of a brief intervention at home based on shared reading to promote children's oral language.","authors":"Camila Domeniconi, Marta Gràcia, Priscila Benitez","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240003en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240003en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The general aim of the present study was to analyse eight mother-child interactions during shared reading with children and to assess the efficacy of a brief intervention with the mothers to promote changes in the strategies they used to develop their children's oral language. The specific objectives were to work collaboratively with mothers, to analyse the interactions between mothers and their children before and at the end of the intervention period.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Mothers participated in five meetings to reflect collaboratively on strategies to promote improvements in communicative interactions in a family context and in children's oral language and during the shared reading episodes. Standardized language tests were used to assess the oral language of children who were five and six years old and typically developing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that all children improved some aspects of their communicative repertoire in standardized tests and/or in the observations of natural or structured situations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We conclude that the use of strategies such as a brief intervention to promote communicative interactions between mothers and their children may have contributed to promoting children's oral language.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240003"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11758852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2025-01-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/e20230319pt
Julia Matos, Rodrigo Alves de Andrade, Diego Fernando Dornelles Bilheri, Maysa Andrade Santos, Diane de Lima Oliveira, Leandro de Araújo Pernambuco, Ana Maria Furkim
{"title":"Tactile, thermal and gustatory stimulation therapy in the treatment of post-stroke oropharyngeal dysphagia: a scoping review.","authors":"Julia Matos, Rodrigo Alves de Andrade, Diego Fernando Dornelles Bilheri, Maysa Andrade Santos, Diane de Lima Oliveira, Leandro de Araújo Pernambuco, Ana Maria Furkim","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20230319pt","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20230319pt","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To map in the literature the effects of tactile, thermal and/or gustatory stimulation on oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) post-stroke.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This scoping review was conducted following the recommendations of PRISMA- ScR and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), registered on the Open Science Framework and developed without language or publication period restrictions. Different databases and grey literature were used for article selection, and the PCC mnemonics constructed the research question ad eligibility criteria, thus including clinical studies involving adults (over 18 years old) diagnosed with OD post-stroke, who received tactile-thermal (TTS) and/or taste-gustatory (TGS) and/or tactile-thermal-gustatory stimulation for treatment, and had their effect measured through examinations, scales, or clinical assessment. The review was conducted blindly and independently by two researchers, and a third was consulted in cases of disagreements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three studies were included. None of them addressed an individual TGS protocol, and all presented a TTS protocol. The objectives and evaluation tests of each study were distinct, providing different perspectives about TGS in OD; there was uniformity in the presentation of the applied protocols, frequency, and materials used for therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The studies mapped the effect of TTS from different methodological designs and specific measures; no articles were found that evaluated isolated TGS associated with another technique.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20230319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11758856/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CoDASPub Date : 2025-01-20eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1590/2317-1782/e20240089en
Andressa Colares da Costa Otavio, Arthur Cherem Netto Fernandes, Maria Eduarda Pollachinni Andrade, Brenda Barros Dias, Erissandra Gomes, Marco Aurélio Vaz
{"title":"Therapeutic strategies for tongue musculature: a systematic literature review.","authors":"Andressa Colares da Costa Otavio, Arthur Cherem Netto Fernandes, Maria Eduarda Pollachinni Andrade, Brenda Barros Dias, Erissandra Gomes, Marco Aurélio Vaz","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240089en","DOIUrl":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20240089en","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To analyze the different therapeutic strategies prescribed in orofunctional rehabilitation of the tongue musculature.</p><p><strong>Research strategies: </strong>Regional Portal of the Virtual Health Library for Latin America and the Caribbean, Embase, PubMed/MEDLINE, Scientific Electronic Library Online, SciVerse Scopus and Cochrane databases were consulted, with the descriptors \"exercise therapy\" OR \"physiology\" OR \"musculoskeletal physiological phenomena\" OR \"digestive system and oral physiological phenomena\" AND \"speech therapy\" OR \"myofunctional therapy\" OR \"speech language pathology\" AND \"tongue\". Studies indexed until October 5, 2023, were included.</p><p><strong>Selection criteria: </strong>Studies with an interventionist design with exercises for tongue musculature were included.</p><p><strong>Data analysis: </strong>Three reviewers selected, extracted and tabulated the information from the studies. The PEDro scale was used to measure the studies' methodological quality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>1.036 studies were found, and 18 were included in this review. The samples varied between 16 and 148 subjects, aged between 4 and 95 years. Only seven studies clearly described the exercises execution, and the number of sets, repetitions, and contraction duration. Fourteen studies clearly defined the exercises' objectives. The average score of the PEDro Scale analysis was 6.9, and 56.25% of the studies scored ≥7.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a lack of a clear description of the exercises' goals and their clinical indications, which can lead to confusion and inadequate prescription. Future studies will need to provide a clear description of the outcomes, in order that we can define, according to the exercises and training program specificity, what the effects of different training methodological parameters in this musculature are.</p>","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20240089"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11758855/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}