Prophylactic swallowing exercises for patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-149

  Roe, Justin W G ^a,b   Ashforth, Kate M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deglutition; deglutition disorders; head and neck neoplasms; pretreatment exercise; radiotherapy; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLACTIC SWALLOWING EXERCISE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; STATIC EXERCISE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 79958036966     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283457616     Document Type: Article

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