Exercise-Based Interventions for Cancer Survivors in India: A Systematic Review
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Samuel, S. R., Veluswamy, S. K., et al. (2015).
SpringerPlus, 4, Article 655.
This systematic review investigates the use of exercise interventions in cancer survivors in India. The review includes a variety of cancer sites and exercise interventions; some results are specific to speech-language pathology.
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Up to 2015; see p. 2 for details
Randomized controlled trials; non-randomized controlled trials; single group pre-post intervention studies; case series; case reports
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Four studies from India were found concerning speech-language pathology exercise interventions in head and neck cancer. The studies "indicated improvement in speech proficiency and intelligibility, voice quality, and deglutition" (p. 14), but methodological quality was low. Further research on head and neck cancer in India is indicated in "prevalence of speech and language, oromotor, and deglutition impairments, current clinical trends in exercise prescription and timing of initiation of exercise programs" (p. 14).
