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Relationship Between Mouth Opening and Masseter Elasticity in Oral Cancer

RECRUITINGSponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital
Actively Recruiting
SponsorNational Taiwan University Hospital
Started2025-05-16
Est. completion2026-12-31
Eligibility
Age20 Years – 65 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted
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NCT06941727

Summary

The study aims to assess the hardness of masticatory muscles in post-surgical oral cancer patients using strain elastography ultrasound, calculating the masseter elasticity index and exploring its association with maximum interincisal mouth opening. Furthermore, the study incorporates exercise training to analyze whether changes in masseter hardness can serve as an objective indicator for predicting the improvement of trismus.

Eligibility

Age: 20 Years – 65 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Newly diagnosed oral cancer patients who are scheduled to receive cancer-related treatments (e.g., oral cancer surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or chemoradiotherapy).
2. Age between 20 and 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Could not communicate.
2. Had any disorder that could influence movement performance.

Conditions2

CancerOral Cancer

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