Motor control integrated into muscle strengthening exercises has more effects on scapular muscle activities and joint range of motion before initiation of radiotherapy in oral cancer survivors with neck dissection: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accessory nerve shoulder dysfunction is common after neck dissection in oral cancer survivors. This study aimed to investigate the short-term effects of scapular muscle strengthening exercises with motor-control techniques on neck dissection-related shoulder dysfunction in oral cancer survivors before the initiation of radiotherapy.

Methods

Thirty-eight participants were randomly allocated into the motor-control and regular-exercise groups. Each group received conventional physical therapy and specific scapular muscle strengthening exercises for 1 month immediately after neck dissection. Motor control techniques were integrated with scapular strengthening exercises for the motor-control group. Shoulder pain, active range of motion (AROM) of shoulder abduction, and

SUBMITTER: Chen YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7410307 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature