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Swallowing Exercises for Patients With Nasopharyngeal Cancer After Radiation Therapy
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating effortful swallowing exercise and Mendelsohn swallowing exercise for Nasopharyngeal Cancer and Dysphagia. Completed, enrolled 16 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study is designed to investigate the treatment efficacy of 8 weeks swallowing exercise programs for patients with NPC after radiation therapy. This study also compares two different swallowing exercise: effortful swallow and Mendelsohn's maneuver, to see which one can bring more benefits to patients after a certain period of exercise training. Three assessment tools are selected to evaluate the study result: Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA), videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS), and Chinese version Swallowing Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (CSWAL-QOL). The hypothesis of this study is that the effortful swallowing exercise would have better treatment efficacy.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
voluntarily increases the posterior tongue base pushing effort while swallowing
voluntarily increase the extent and duration of laryngeal elevation while swallowing