Status:
COMPLETED
Physiotherapy Treatment for Patients Suffering From Head and Neck Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Association of Danish Physiotherapists Research Fund, Denmark
The Jubilee Fund of 1986, Denmark
Conditions:
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
Oropharyngeal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the extent of late sequelae symptoms(reduced mouth opening, lymphoedema, decreased range of motion in the neck and shoulder region, speech and swall...
Detailed Description
In Denmark there are about 1000 new cases of head and neck cancer every year. The number is increasing. The treatment for head and neck cancer is either surgery or radiotherapy treatment or a combinat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with the clinical diagnosis of cancer cavi oris or cancer oropharynges undergoing radiotherapy treatment
- Age \> 18 years
- Informed consent
Exclusion
- Patients who have had bone reconstruction surgery or grafting or where motor nerve damage has occurred during surgery, inflicting the function of the neck or shoulder
- Patients suffering from a known musculoskeletal disease with symptoms that may influence/disturb the picture of symptoms induced by radiotherapy to the tempora-mandibular joint, the cervical spine, shoulders (e.g R.A, fibromyalgia, arthritis,neurological disease, industrial injury)
- Patient with psychiatric diagnosis, who are unable to cooperate (including dementia)
- Patients whose general condition makes it impossible to attend the study (weak and feeble)
- Patients who do not master the Danish language in a degree, that they can read and understand written and verbal information
- The lack of informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
97 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00780312
Start Date
December 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2012
Last Update
July 2 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Occupational and Physical Therapy, 8511
Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, 2100