Exercise therapy to prevent Mandibular Hypomobilit in patients with Head and Neck Cancer undergoing Radiation Therapy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Trismusradiation-induced fibrosishead and neck cancerC10.597.613.750.700Q65.050C76.0
- Registration Number
- RBR-89mdvw
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
either sex; age 18 years or more; formal histopathological diagnosis of oral or oropharynx cancer; undergoing radiotherapy alone or as adjunct to surgery or chemotherapy.
Exclusion Criteria
motor sequelae affecting the upper extremities, face or neck region, whether secondary to stroke, facial palsy; trigeminal neuralgia; trauma or surgery that precluded completion of the exercise protocols; cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s disease; senile dementia; and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome; history of prior radiotherapy to the head and neck region; history of surgical interventions involving resection of the mandible; current physical therapy or speech pathology interventions for trismus; initial moth opening smaller than 10 mm.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Opening mouth range of motion, assessed by digital calliper, at the begining and at the ending of study.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oral mucositis will be graduated according to World Health Organization (WHO) Oral Toxicity Scale;Performance status will be measured by using the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS);Pain intensity will be assessed using a visual analog scale (VAS);Assessment of quality of life will be through the University of Washington Quality of Life (UW-QOL) Questionnaire, version 4, which has been validated for the Brazilian population