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Pilot Study of Impedance-controlled Microcurrent Therapy for Managing Radiation-induced Fibrosis in Head-and-neck Cancer Patients by Arlene J Lennox; Jeffrey P Shafer; Madeline Hatcher; Janice Beil; Sandra J Funder is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

## Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of impedance-controlled microcurrent therapy for managing treatment sequelae in head-and-neck cancer patients. ## Methods and materials: Between january 1998 and june 1999, 26 patients who were experiencing late effects of radiotherapy were treated b.i.d. with impedance-controlled microcurrent therapy for 1 week. objective range-of-motion measurements were made for cervical rotation, extension/flexion, and lateral flexion before therapy, at the end of each treatment day, and monthly for 3 months. in addition, each patient's subjective complaints were tabulated before treatment and reevaluated at the last follow-up visit. no additional physical therapy or electrical stimulation was permitted during the follow-up period. ## Results: At the end of the course of microcurrent therapy, 92% of the 26 patients exhibited improved cervical rotation, 85% had improved cervical extension/flexion, and 81% had improved cervical lateral flexion. twenty-two patients returned for the 3-month follow-up visit. of these, 91% had maintained a cervical rotation range of motion greater than their pretherapy measurements. eighty-two percent maintained improved cerv

Author

Arlene J Lennox; Jeffrey P Shafer; Madeline Hatcher; Janice Beil; Sandra J Funder

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0360-3016)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)