Trismus
Conditions
Brief summary
this study Randomized controlled study will be conducted to study (the effect of high power laser therapy on radiotherapy induced trismus in head and neck cancer patients). the study group will receive high power laser therapy in combination with conventional tempromandibular joint exercises. the control group will receive conventional tempromandibular joint exercises.
Interventions
DEVICEhigh power laser therapy
m6 laser therapy of ASA company with multilocked wave system and synchronized emission wave lengths 808 and 905 wave lengths
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* head and neck cancer patients who complain of decreased mouth opening and received or receiving radiotherapy. * patients who complain from pain and inflammation in the tempromandibular joint due to radiotherapy. * radiotherapy should be above 40 GY. * patient ages between 20 to 65 years old.
Exclusion criteria
* patients with poor general health. * patients with difficulties in filling questionnaire. * patients who are complaining of other tempomandibular problems other than trismus such as (disc discplacement and trumatic mandibular fractures.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain level | one month (4 weeks) | visual analogue scale |
| mouth opening | one month (4 weeks) | verneir caliper |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| quality of life improvement | one month (4 weeks) | Washington quality of life questionnaire |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactAmira Hassan AbdelTwab, bachelor
Backup ContactEhab Saad Abdelnaby, M.D
Outcome results
None listed