Trial reportEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2017
Prophylactic exercises among head and neck cancer patients during and after swallowing sparing intensity modulated radiation: adherence and exercise performance levels of a 12-week guided home-based program.
Trial report in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effectiveness of Home-Based Telerehabilitation Interventions for Dysphagia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise-based rehabilitation on functionality and quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
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- Self-management intervention improves patient adherence to swallowing exercises during radiation for head and neck cancer.Head & neck · 2024Trial
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- Implementation of a Self-Help Swallowing Exercise Program in Head and Neck Cancer.Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica : official organ of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) · 2026Article
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- First-in-human study to investigate the safety and efficacy of effective-mononuclear cell therapy for radiogenic xerostomia.Regenerative therapy · 2026Article
- Precision rehabilitation for swallowing dysfunction after radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: current evidence, key controversies, and future perspectives.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
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- Stratifying Risk of Nonadherence in Lingual Strengthening Dysphagia Rehabilitation.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2023Article
- Immunomodulatory Macrophages Enable E-MNC Therapy for Radiation-Induced Salivary Gland Hypofunction.Cells · 2023Article
- Improving compliance with swallowing exercise to decrease radiotherapy-related dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Review
- Exercise for Trismus Prevention in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Prehabilitation in head and neck cancer patients: a literature review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2021Review
- Late and Long-Term Treatment-Related Effects and Survivorship for Head and Neck Cancer Patients.Current treatment options in oncology · 2020Review
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- Adherence to Dysphagia Treatment Recommendations: A Conceptual Model.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2020Article
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Abstract
The background and purpose of this paper is to investigate adherence, exercise performance levels and associated factors in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients participating in a guided home-based prophylactic exercise program during and after treatment [swallowing sparing intensity modulated radiation therapy (SW-IMRT)]. Fifty patients were included in the study. Adherence was defined as the percentage of patients who kept up exercising; exercise performance level was categorized as low: ≤1, moderate: 1-2, and high: ≥2 time(s) per day, on average. Associations between 6- and 12-week exercise performance levels and age, gender, tumour site and stage, treatment, intervention format (online or booklet), number of coaching sessions, and baseline HNC symptoms (EORTC-QLQ-H&N35) were investigated. Adherence rate at 6 weeks was 70% and decreased to 38% at 12 weeks. In addition, exercise performance levels decreased over time (during 6 weeks: 34% moderate and 26% high; during 12 weeks: 28% moderate and 18% high). The addition of chemotherapy to SW-IMRT [(C)SW-IMRT] significantly deteriorated exercise performance level. Adherence to a guided home-based prophylactic exercise program was high during (C)SW-IMRT, but dropped afterwards. Exercise performance level was negatively affected by chemotherapy in combination with SW-IMRT.
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