Multimodal guided self-help exercise program to prevent speech, swallowing, and shoulder problems among head and neck cancer patients: A feasibility study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cnossen, Ingrid C ^a   Van Uden Kraan, Cornelia F ^a,b   Rinkel, Rico N P M ^a   Aalders, I Jke J ^a   De Goede, Cees J T ^a   De Bree, Remco ^a   Doornaert, Patricia ^a   Rietveld, Derek H F ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^c   Witte, Birgit I ^a   Leemans, C Rene ^a   Verdonck De Leeuw, Irma M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; EHealth; Exercise; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Self care; Shoulder; Speech; Surgery; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPLICATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SHOULDER; SPEECH DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SELF CARE; SHOULDER; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 84897425274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2990     Document Type: Article

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