Kapitex Ora-Light Manual De Instrucciones página 4

ENGLISH
The protocol for each exercise tool consists of five
sections:
1] Assisted Movement:
Shows the patient tactually what is expected with lip
to lip contact, front tongue to front palate contact and
back tongue to back palate contact.
2] Resistance Movement:
Isometric exercises that use resistance in "pushing"
and "pulling" on the exercise tools to help strengthen
the muscles.
THE FOUR EXERCISE TOOLS IN THE ORA-LIGHT SYSTEM
1
2
3
4
4
3] Range of Motion:
Isotonic exercises use repetitive exaggerated
movements of increasing range without resistance.
4] Precision and Accuracy of Articulated Sounds:
The facilitation of neuromuscular coordination and
competency using diadochokinetic exercises as well
as speech combinations of consonant/vowels to
achieve articulatory precision and accuracy.
5] Swallowing:
Exercising all the oral musculature used in the oral
phase of swallowing.
TOOL 1
The Lip Stimulator
TOOL 2
The Tongue Tip
Stimulator
TOOL 3
The Tongue Shield
Restrainer
TOOL 4
The Back Tongue
Stimulator
ORA-LIGHT
MUSCLES EXERCISED
• ORBICULARIS ORIS
• MENTALIS
• LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS
• BUCCINATOR
• GENIOGLOSSUS
• INTRINSIC MUSCLES OF
THE TONGUE
• GENIOGLOSSUS
• INTRINSIC MUSCLES OF
THE TONGUE
• STYLOGLOSSUS
• PALATOGLOSSUS
• HYOGLOSSUS
• GENIOGLOSSUS
• INTRINSIC MUSCLES OF
THE TONGUE
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