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The Impact of Post-thyroidectomy Neck Stretching Exercises on Improving Short Term Quality of Life

NCT04645056 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2020-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The project deals with patients undergoing surgery in the neck due to benign tumor in the thyroid gland in order to remove pressure symptoms.

The background of the project is a recent series of studies (Sorensen, Watt et al. 2017) (Sorensen, Watt et al. 2017), showing that patients are very adversely affected by a reduced voice function and pain the neck/shoulders in the first weeks and months after the operation. In general, the patients quality of life is impaired in this period. Due to this, it is relevant to seek ways to reduce the discomfort symptoms after the operation by performing simple and specific chosen stretching exercises for the muscles in the neck and shoulders.

The patients in the project are randomly divided into two groups, and both groups are answering questionnaires after 1,2, 4 weeks and after 3 months regarding their short time quality of life focusing on voice function and pain in the neck and shoulders. The patients in the intervention group are instructed in stretching and mobility exercises for neck and shoulder starting the day after surgery and they are supposed to perform them every day in four weeks after surgery. The control group are not performing these exercises and are not informed that there concurrently is an intervention going on. In this way the questionnaires can be compared in the end.

The hypothesis is that short time quality of life including voice function and pain the neck and shoulder can be improved for this group of patients with these specific stretching and mobility exercises. The project is of great clinical relevance and can in case of confirmed hypothesis be applied in clinical practice immediately benefitting the patients undergoing surgery.

Conditions

  • Thyroidectomy

Interventions

OTHER

Stretching and Mobility exercises for neck and shoulder

9 specific stretching and mobility exercises performed 3 times every day the first 4 weeks after surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Odense University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian Godballe, Doctor · Department of ENT Head & Neck Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-04-28
Primary Completion
2021-01-31
Completion
2022-01-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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