TheraBite exercises to treat trismus secondary to head and neck cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 951-957

  Kamstra, Jolanda I ^a   Roodenburg, Jan L N ^a   Beurskens, Carien H G ^b   Reintsema, Harry ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Head and neck neoplasms; Rehabilitation; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRISMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879799825     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1610-9     Document Type: Article

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