A preliminary report on the efficacy of a dynamic jaw opening device (dynasplint trismus system) as part of the multimodal treatment of trismus in patients with head and neck cancer

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1278-1282

  Stubblefield, Michael D ^a   Manfield, Laura ^b   Riedel, Elyn R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Radiation; Rehabilitation; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMIC JAW OPENING DEVICE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TRISMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLINTS; TRISMUS;

EID: 77955627652     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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