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Table 2 Median, minimum, and maximum values of oral function tests and clinical outcome scales

From: Objective measurement of oral function in adults with spinal muscular atrophy

  

Median

Minimum

Maximum

Oral function tests

Max. bite force (N)

665.2

2.7

1394.1

Bite force endurance (sec)

44.5

17.0

96.9

Max. tongue pressure (kPa)

48.0

17.0

77.0

Tongue pressure endurance (sec)

29.0

11.5

90.5

Max. mouth opening (mm)

42.0

8.0

64.0

Clinical outcome scales

BODS

2.0

2.0

6.0

HFMSE

19.5

0.0

66.0

RULM

23.0

0.0

56.0

ALSFRS_R

34.0

14.0

46.0

6MWT (m)

0.0

0.0

579.0

  1. BODS Bogenhausener Dysphagia Score (higher scores indicate more severe dysphagia); HFMSE Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale; RULM Revised Upper Limb Module; ALSFRS-R Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale Revised; 6MWT 6-min-walk test