Effect of intensive tongue strength therapy on anterior and posterior tongue strength, dysphagia and dysphagia related quality of life.

Antwerp University Hospital (Belgium)0 个研究点目标入组 45 人开始时间: 2015年2月19日最近更新: 2020年11月9日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Head and neck cancer patients previously treated with chemoradiotherapy
•2. Men and women older than 18, without cognitive, language, motor, hearing or visual deficits that could interfere with the correct execution of the training.
•3. Chronic dysphagia (i.e. present for at least 1 month and no earlier than 6 months after the last day of radiation treatment), primarily related to reduced tongue strength
•4. Score 1 or higher for the BRACS-items ‘base of tongue’ and/or ‘valleculae’ at baseline judged by an experienced clinician

•1. History of major oral or head and neck surgery and neurological disorders with an impact on oral function and/or swallowing (amongst others stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis).
•2. Concurrent oral motor exercises or swallowing maneuvers to improve swallowing are not allowed during the study period.

发起方

Antwerp University Hospital (Belgium)