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Safety Study of Musculoskeletal Ultrasonographic to Assess Disabilities Arm of Head and Neck Cancer Patient

NCT02369276 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2018-05-14

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Summary

The investigators suppose: 1. SND may cause damage to the soft tissue around shoulder girdle. 2. The soft tissue injury may be related with the order of severity of wing scapula and duration after SND. The aims of this study are: 1. To assess the functional disabilities of shoulder and upper extremity in different time period after SND. 2. To evaluate the soft tissue lesion of shoulder with soft tissue ultrasonography to prove our hypothesis. This study is a two years, prospective, cross-section study. The investigators will enroll 80 HNC post SND within 3months, \>3- 6months,\> 6months -1 year, more than 1 year as four different groups, 20 patient in each group.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

ultrasonography and elastography

Evaluate the soft tissue of shoulder girdle with musculoskeletal ultrasonography and elastography, compare the finding in each group and the range of motion of their shoulder, the severity of wing scapula, visual pain analog scale and the score of The Disability of Arm, Shoulder and Hand

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chau-Peng Leong, MD · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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