Developing and Validating an Intelligent Mouth-Opening Training Device: A New Solution for Restricted Mouth Opening.

ABSTRACT: Restricted mouth opening (trismus) is one of the most common complications following head and neck cancer treatment. Early initiation of mouth-opening exercises is crucial for preventing or minimizing trismus. Current methods for these exercises predominantly involve finger exercises and traditional mouth-opening training devices. Our research group successfully designed an intelligent mouth-opening training device (IMOTD) that addresses the limitations of traditional home training methods, including the inability to quantify mouth-opening exercises, a lack of guided training resulting in temporomandibular joint injuries, and poor training continuity leading to poor training effect. For this device, an interactive remote guidance mode is introduced to address these concerns. The device was

SUBMITTER: Wu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10975241 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature