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Does Craniosacraltherapy Combined With Exercises That Focuses om Respiration and Posture in the Upper Body Have an Effect on Xerostomia and Other Late Sequelae on People Who Has Been Suffering From Cancer in Mouth and Throat?
Sponsor: Cathrine Rahbek
Summary
The current study aims to assess the efficacy of manual treatment with craniosacral therapy of fascial tissue in throat, neck, cranial and mouth region, on radiation and/or surgery-induced salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia in patients who have received surgery and/or radiation therapy because of cancer in the throat and mouth regions. The hypothesis of this project is based on a recent clinical case treated by me: I practice as a physiotherapist and craniosacral therapist in a private clinic. The patient in question was treated with craniosarcal techniques (techniques that, in a broad sense, mobilizes the fascia, including meninges, dura, sleeves around the nerve-tissue etc.). He suffered from xerostomia and hyposaliva after neck surgery and radiation therapy four years prior to my treatment. During the second treatment of fascial release of the scar tissue and of the tissue around atlas, axis and occiput the patient strongly felt that his saliva started flowing. He received an additional 3 treatments, with fascial release techniques in neck, throat meninges and mouth regions, and three months after his last treatment the patient still reported much better production of saliva than before start of treatment. Furthermore, the patient reported significant gains in ease of speaking and eating. This project aim to assess if this was only an isolated event or if craniosacral therapy could be an evidence based method to increase saliva production and decrease xerostomia for patients after surgical and radiation therapy.
Official title: Does Manuel Treatment With Craniosacral Therapy Change the Experience of Dry Mouth in People Who Suffers With Dry Mouth After Cancer in Throat Ore Mouth - a Pilot Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 81 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
11
Start Date
2022-03-18
Completion Date
2023-11-27
Last Updated
2026-06-25
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Craniosacral Therapy
Manual treatment, 5 grams, on the airway system, the throat, the neck, the meninges, the cranial nerve sleeves, the visceral cranium, and the soft tissue in the mouth.
Exercices Targeting Upper Posture and Respiration
Exercises targeting upper posture and breathing exercises. The exercises is given when the therapist has reached some anatomical milestones in the treatment protocol. For example, an exercise with diaphragmatic breathing is given after manual treatment of diaphragma.
Locations (2)
Center for Kræft og Sundhed
Copenhagen, Denmark
- Rahbek kraniosakralterapi -FysioDanmark Skødstrup
Skødstrup, Århus, Denmark