Effect of Exercise Training on Functional Capacity Head and Neck Cancer Patients Receiving Various Anticancer Therapies: An Interventional Study.

Background: Anticancer therapies causes decreased respiratory function, quality of life and functional capacity in head and neck cancer patients. Patients receiving these cancer therapies suffer from fatigue which causes decrease in functional capacity and quality of life. The objective of this present study was to determine and compare the effect of exercise training on fatigue, functional capacity and quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving various anticancer therapies.

Effect of Muscle Energy Techniques V/S Active Range of Motion Exercises on Shoulder Function Post Modified Radical Neck Dissection in patients with Head and Neck Cancer - A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Purpose: Shoulder and cervical pain, reduced mobility and disability are some of the major complications associated with surgeries of head and neck cancers affecting several domains of quality of life. In the present study we aimed to compare the effectiveness of Muscle Ener-gy Techniques (METS) and Active Range of Motion Exercises in reducing pain, improving shoulder mobility and function in patients post Modified Radical Neck Dissection (MRND).

Methods: Forty eight subjects were randomly assigned to two groups.