Pilot study of impedance-controlled microcurrent therapy for managing radiation-induced fibrosis in head-and-neck cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-34

  Lennox, Arlene J ^a   Shafer, Jeffrey P ^a   Hatcher, Madeline ^a   Beil, Janice ^a   Funder, Sandra J ^b  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b S J Funder and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Microcurrent therapy; Neutrons; Radiation; Side effects

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; REMEDIATION;

MICROCURRENT THERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE SPASM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SYMPTOM; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; ROTATION;

EID: 0036719175     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02898-5     Document Type: Article

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