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Volume 08 Journal of Novel Physiotherapies Rehabilitation Medicine 2018
May 18-19, 2018
May 18-19, 2018 Osaka, Japan
7th World Congress on
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The fitness performance in patients with head and neck cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy and the
therapeutic effects of exercise intervention
Hui Ching Cheng and Kun Ling Tsai
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Head andneck cancer is the sixthmost common type of cancer globally and over 6,50,000 people are diagnosed per year. Anti-
cancer treatment includes radiotherapy, chemotherapy, target therapy and surgery. After accepting chemoradiotherapy,
many head and neck cancer patients experience a wide range of cancer and treatment-related side effects including declining
physical fitness. According to American College of Sports Medicine, four components of cancer-patient-physical fitness
include muscle fitness, cardiovascular fitness, balance and flexibility. In addition, the benefits of exercise have increased in
physical fitness. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise training could improve the physical
fitness of head and neck cancer patients. This study is a repeated measure within and between subject design and recruit 12
head and neck cancer patients dividing into an intervention group (Age: 39.7±18) and control group (Age: 50±9.6). Patients
from intervention group received multi-model exercise for 8 weeks containing aerobic exercise, resistance training, balance
training and flexibility training. Patients from control groups received general health education. The results of intervention
group on the physical index of 3 minutes step test before exercise was 64.8±6.3 and the control group was 78.1±25.1. After the
intervention of 8 weeks, physical index of multi-model exercise in the intervention group was 67.4±14.3 and the control group
was 67.6±19.8. In this study, the preliminary result showed that the physical index in the intervention group was no significant
difference but an upward trend. However, the control group showed a downward tendency, probably due to the small sample
size. This finding suggested that exercise can promote physical fitness in head and neck cancer patients.
Biography
Hui Ching Cheng is a Master’s degree student from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. She is a Physical Therapist, specializing in Cardiopulmonary
Physical Therapy. Her research is to examine the therapeutic effect of exercise training to improve physical fitness of head and neck cancer patients.
Hui Ching Cheng et al., J Nov Physiother 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7025-C2-027