Impact of transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation on dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation

Head and Neck

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1051-1056

  Bhatt, Aashish D ^a   Goodwin, Nicole ^b   Cash, Elizabeth ^b   Bhatt, Geetika ^b   Silverman, Craig L ^b   Spanos, William J ^b   Bumpous, Jeffrey M ^b   Potts, Kevin ^b   Redman, Rebecca ^b   Allison, Wes A ^c   Dunlap, Neal E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Advanced ENT and Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; dysphagia; laryngectomy; radiation; Vital Stim

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SWALLOWING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84931565188     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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