Efficacy of electrical stimulation and exercise for dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer: A randomized clinical trial

Head and Neck

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages E1221-E1231

  Langmore, Susan E ^a,b   McCulloch, Timothy M ^c   Krisciunas, Gintas P ^d   Lazarus, Cathy L ^e,f   Van Daele, Douglas J ^g   Pauloski, Barbara Roa ^h   Rybin, Denis ⁱ   Doros, Gheorghe ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f THANC Foundation   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

dysphagia; electrical stimulation; exercise; head and neck cancer; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWALLOWING; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; ELECTROTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; KINESIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84951299335     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.24197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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