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AI-based Physiotherapy for Oral Cancer Patients

NCT06785051 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-04-03

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Summary

This study examines the effects of AI-based physiotherapy on oral function, shoulder function, whole-body physical function, and quality of life in oral cancer patients. One hundred patients will be recruited before surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy and randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving 12 weeks of AI-guided physiotherapy or a control group receiving usual care. Both groups will perform jaw, neck, and shoulder exercises, with the experimental group using a mobile app to monitor progress. Assessments at baseline, pre-intervention, and 3 months post-intervention will measure maximal in the maximum interincisal opening (MIO), joint range of motion (ROM), pain, endurance (e.g., 6-minute walk test), upper extremity function, and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Oral Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

AI-based physiotherapy

jaw, neck, shoulder ROM exercises, and scapular-focused exercises guided by AI technology, 30 minutes of intervention, once a week, and a total of 12 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional physiotherapy

jaw, neck, shoulder ROM exercises, and scapular-focused exercises, 30 minutes of intervention, once a week, and a total of 12 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Scar management

scar massage and jaw-mobilizing exercises combined with devices or depressors

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yueh-Hsia Chen, PhD · National Taiwan University, College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-19
Primary Completion
2027-07-31
Completion
2027-07-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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