Does Craniosacraltherapy Have an Effect on Xerostomia and Other Late Sequelae on People Who Has Been Suffering From Cancer in Mouth and Throat?
Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy, Xerostomia Following in Neck Ore Head After Cancersurgery
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy focused on measuring craniosacral therapy, manual facial treatment, xerostomia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Have finished radiation treatment and/ore surgery for oropharyngeal head ore necḱ cancer at least two years before enrolling the project They shall score at least 4 on an xerostomia numeric scale where 0 is no xerostomia. Exclusion Criteria: Persons who by surgery have got both their submandibular salivaglands removed. Persons with known intercranial aneurism. Persons who have got a skull fracture during the last 6 months. Women who are trying to be pregnant. Persons who have sequela after a trauma on their neck that needed hospitalisation. People with hernia on medulla oblongata. Ill wait to treat people to after one month after their got an eventual dural puncture, ore after 12 weeks of pregnancy. If I during my journal procedure of my participant am finding any signs of active disease, Ill send them to their doctor and do not start my treatment before the doctors approval.
Sites / Locations
- Center for Kræft og Sundhed
- - Rahbek kraniosakralterapi -FysioDanmark Skødstrup
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
cranoisacraltherapy receivers
The participants will receive 5 x one hour treatment of craniosacral therapy. One treatment per week in five weeks. The treatment will follow the protocol "avenue of expression" end step 2c and 2c in "Ten step protocol" . They will, if possible be instructed in fascial self treatment for maximum 5 minutes a day. Before treatment the participants fulfill the questionnaire " Xerostomia questionnaire after 3 months" - a danish standardized questionnaire of xerostomia used of hospitals. They will fulfill this questionnaire again after ending their 5 treatment sessions, and again 6 months later as a follow up. They will also fulfill a diary with any side effects experienced during the treatment period. I will take their full history the first time we meet I journal my treatment after every treatment session, and journal which effects (positive and negative) the participant has noticed.