Impact of Manual Therapy on Laryngeal Function Following Total Thyroidectomy
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Brief summary
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In this clinical trial, the investigators are seeking to learn if a course of voice therapy, including neck massage, stretches and pain science education in addition to voice exercise and scar massage will effectively treatment patient complaints of swallowing or voice changes after total thyroidectomy as compared to voice exercise and scar massage alone. The main questions it aims to answer are: Will neck massage, stretches and pain science education reduce patient complaints of swallowing changes after total thyroidectomy? Will neck massage, stretches and pain science education reduce patient complaints of voice changes after total thyroidectomy? Will neck massage, stretches and pain science education reduce patient complaints of scar tethering and quality changes after total thyroidectomy? Will neck massage, stretches and pain science education improve quality of life after total thyroidectomy? Participants will: Participate in 4 visits with the participant's endocrine/laryngology surgeon. One prior and 3 after surgery for endoscopic evaluation and tests. Participate in 5 Speech-Language Pathology Sessions for intervention exercises and tests. One prior and 4 after surgery. Complete a journal of the participant's Home Exercise Practice
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06383091
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 20 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Anterior Neck Manual Therapy Behavioral
- Pain Neuroscience Education Behavioral
- Neck Stretches Behavioral
- Scar massage Behavioral
- Voice Exercises Behavioral
- Placebo Anterior Neck Manual Therapy Behavioral
- Placebo Pain Neuroscience Education Behavioral
- Placebo Neck Stretches Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 2, 2024
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2027
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jun 21, 2026
2024 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | Recruiting |
| Suburban Hospital | Bethesda | Maryland | 20817 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Jun 21, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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