Application of Manual Therapy for Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Preliminary National Survey of Treatment Trends and Adverse Events

Background Radiation-associated dysphagia is a common and debilitating consequence of treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC). Since commonly employed dysphagia therapy programs for HNC patients still lack authoritative efficacy, some speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have started employing manua...

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Main Authors: Gintas P Krisciunas MPH, MA, Aneri Vakharia BS, Cathy Lazarus PhD, Stephanie Gomez Taborda BS, Rosemary Martino PhD, Katherine Hutcheson PhD, Timothy McCulloch MD, Susan E Langmore PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-04-01
Series:Global Advances in Health and Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2164956119844151