Manual Therapy for Patients With Radiation-Associated Trismus After Head and Neck Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Trismus is highly prevalent in head and neck cancer (HNC) survivorship. Current standards for trismus treatment include various stretch-based exercise protocols as a primary and single treatment modality with limited evidence regarding the role of manual therapy (MT) for this indication.

Objective

To assess the effect size and associations of response to MT to increase oral opening in the setting of radiation-associated trismus.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective case series was conducted at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center between 2016 and March 2020 (before COVID-19 interruption) and included 49 disease-free survivors of HNC who were referred for treatment of radiation-associated trismus.

Intervention

Intraoral MT

SUBMITTER: McMillan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8931673 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature