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Evaluating the efficacy of head lift exercise(Shaker exercise) for dysphagia accompaning chemo-radiation therapy in head and neck cancer.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
head and neck cancer
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000008836
Lead Sponsor
Juntendo university school of medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients who has cervical spondylosis. 2.Patines who had been underzent operation for cervical spine. 3.Patiens who has severe cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic and renal disorders. 4.Pregnancy or lactating women or women with suspected pregnancy. 5. Lack of written informed consent. 6.Patients who had cerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage within one month.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.Analysis of anterior and superior movement of hyoid bone and larynx. 2. The maximum width of esophageal opening with videofluorography. 3.With or without misswallowing. 4.Pooling of saliva in pyriform sinus and epiglottic vallecura in fiber scopic imaging. 5.With or without tube feeding. 6.Quantity of oral intake. 7.Body waight and rate of body wight loss. 8.Transition of inflammatory response.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.Duratation of hostpitalization and treatment. 2.Adverse event. 3.Rate of completion for treatment. 4.Survival rate.
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