Efficacy of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Dysphagia of Nasopharyngeal Cancer Post Radiotherapy
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients usually underwent radiotherapy (RT) or
chemoradiotherapy(CRT). There were some complications caused by RT, like dysphagia.
In recent studies, functional electrical stimulation (FES) was be used in neurologically
dysphagia patients, and there were some positive effects with these studies. Hence, we
decided applied FES to these NPC patients with dysphagia.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Videofluoroscopic study for evaluating swallow function
1 to 3 months
Yes
Tyng-Guey Wang, MD
Principal Investigator
Department of Physicale Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital
Taiwan: Department of Health
200804032R
NCT00815087
July 2008
February 2009
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