Clinical Trial: Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Pain and Quality of Life in Thyroid Cancer

U.S., June 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07623005) titled 'Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Pain and Quality of Life in Thyroid Cancer' on May 23.

Brief Summary: Thyroid cancer patients often experience pain and reduced quality of life during chemotherapy. This randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) exercises, added to routine range-of-motion exercises, reduce pain and improve quality of life compared to range-of-motion exercises alone. Thirty-two thyroid cancer patients randomly assigned to either the PMR group or the control group. Pain measured by using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and quality of life using the FACT-G questionnaire b...