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Brief Title: Pre-treatment Exercises Versus Post-treatment Exercises for Dysphagia
Official Title: Determining the Efficacy of Pre-treatment Swallowing Therapy as a Means to Improve Dysphagia Quality of Life When Compared to Post-Treatment Therapy.
Study ID: NCT00584129
Brief Summary: The purpose of this project is to determine if pre-treatment swallowing exercises can improve post-treatment swallowing function in patients undergoing radiation with or without chemotherapy for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 19 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
UAB Division of Otolaryngology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Name: William R. Carroll, MD
Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR