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Caroline Speksnijder

Associate Professor

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Biography

In 1998 Caroline Speksnijder obtained her degree in Physical Therapy at Rotterdam University, her MSc degree of Human Movement Sciences as well as Epidemiology at Maastricht University in 2002, and her MMPT degree of Orofacial Physical Therapy in 2008. In May 2011 Caroline obtained her PhD on her thesis ‘Function after oral oncological intervention, reconstruction and rehabilitation’ at the University of Utrecht (UU). From that time she works as a senior researcher at UMC Utrecht and Radboudumc Nijmegen.

The focus of her research is on head and neck cancer, functioning of head and neck, and physical therapy. She develops a new augmented reality training to study orofacial motor control and is leader of international development of Patient Reported Outcome Measurements in the Head and Neck area. Caroline’s teaching experience includes courses in epidemiology as well as physical therapy.

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Research groups

Head and Neck Surgical Oncology

Research aim

To improve clinical practice by optimizing diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of head and neck cancer and related supportive care through interdisciplinary research

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Recent publications

Guidance on mucositis assessment from the MASCC Mucositis Study Group and ISOO Ragda Abdalla-Aslan, Pierluigi Bonomo, Dorothy Keefe, Nicole Blijlevens, Katrina Cao, Yin Ting Cheung, Eduardo Rodrigues Fregnani, Robert Miller, Judith Raber-Durlacher, Joel Epstein, Ysabella Van Sebille, Elisa Kauark-Fontes, Abhishek Kandwal, Emma McCurdy-Franks, Joel Finkelstein, Victoria McCarvell, Yehuda Zadik, Giulia Ottaviani, Rui Amaral Mendes, Caroline Margina Speksnijder, Hannah Rose Wardill, Paolo Bossi, Alexa Laheij, Arghavan Tonkaboni, Jacqui Scott, Rania Abasaeed, Adel Kauzman, Adriana Do Socorro Lima Flato, Adwaita Gore, Anne Marie Hardman, Agnes Horvath, Allan Hovan, Aisha Al-Jamaei, Aya koizumi, Alan Santos-Silva, Alessandra Majorana, Alexandre Giannini, Aléxia Teixeira, Muhammad Ali Shazib, Alison Melvin, Aluísio Miranda Filho, Amanda Gruza, Amber Brown-Dahl, Amit Harilall, Amr El Maghrabi, Ana Andabak Rogulj, Ana Raphaela Curvo, Ana Laura Soares, Andrea Stringer, Wim Tissing,
EClinicalMedicine, 2024, vol. 73
Reliability of mandibular range of motion measurements in healthy children Willemijn F.C. de Sonnaville, Michel H. Steenks, Daan R.C. Verkouteren, Nicolaas P.A. Zuithoff, Nico M. Wulffraat, Antoine J.W.P. Rosenberg, Caroline M. Speksnijder
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2024, vol. 51, p.1973-1980
How do patients with head and neck cancer and low skeletal muscle mass experience cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy? Anouk W M A Schaeffers, Maartje A van Beers, Lot A Devriese, F W José Klomp, Chantal F M Westerink-van den Brink, Ernst J Smid, Remco de Bree, Caroline M Speksnijder
Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024, vol. 32
The reliability and validity of the juvenile idiopathic arthritis magnetic resonance scoring system for temporomandibular joints Willemijn de Sonnaville, Caroline Speksnijder, Peter Zuithoff, Simone ter Horst, Frank Nap, Nico Wulffraat, MH Steenks, Antoine Jwp Rosenberg
Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2024, vol. 52, p.906-913
Expectations and Experiences of Participating in a Supervised and Home-Based Physical Exercise Intervention in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer during Chemoradiotherapy Annemieke Kok, Ellen Passchier, Anne M May, Harriët Jager-Wittenaar, Cindy Veenhof, Remco de Bree, Martijn M Stuiver, Caroline M Speksnijder
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2024, vol. 31, p.885-899
Prophylactic pectoralis major flap to compensate for increased risk of pharyngocutaneous fistula in laryngectomy patients with low skeletal muscle mass (PECTORALIS) Maartje A van Beers, Caroline M Speksnijder, Carla H van Gils, Geert W J Frederix, Jan Willem Dankbaar, Remco de Bree
BMC Cancer, 2024, vol. 24, p.76

Fellowships & Awards

2016: Best Poster Presentation Award “The association between headaches and temporomandibular disorders is confounded by bruxism and somatic complaints; a retrospective medical file study”

2016: Best Poster Presentation Award “The association between headaches and temporomandibular disorders is confounded by bruxism and somatic complaints; a retrospective medical file study”

2016: European Prize for Clinical Research “Implant-supported mandibular removable partial dentures; patient-based outcome measures in relation to implant position”

2014: Best Poster Presentation Award by public “Headaches in patients with temporomandibular disorders”

2013: Best Poster Presentation Award “Neck and shoulder function in patients treated for oral malignancies; a 1-year prospective cohort study”

2011: Best Dissertation Award 2011

External positions

Bestuurslid - Richting geven aan wetenschappelijk beleid fysiotherapie in Nederland - Wetenschappelijk College Fysiotherapie