Rehabilitation Oncology

Dr. Mary Hidde discusses the role of high intensity interval training for reducing cancer-related fatigue with an emphasis on moving evidence into clinical practice.

In this Rehabilitation Oncology Podcast episode, Dr. Steve Morris interviews author and researcher Dr. Nicole Stout about oncology physical therapy specialty practice. Dr. Stout outlines the expectations for future clinical specialists and presents a call to action to the rehabilitation team to utilize oncology clinical specialists beyond clinical roles to expand their influence on providing best...

Podcast Editor Dr. Stephen Morris leads a discussion with Dr. Patricia Bamonti about her work investigating the role depression plays in moderating physical functional levels among individuals diagnosed with cancer. The discrepancy between self-reported physical function and objective physical performance measures is also discussed.  The authors conclude that it is essential that individuals with...

Dr. Mackenzi Pergolotti answers questions posed by Podcast Editor Dr. Stephen Morris about her work examining the effect of community-based rehabilitation on patient-reported outcomes and physical functioning.  This work highlights the importance of cancer rehabilitation for those treated for cancer, and how rehabilitation improves function and overall health-related quality of life.  The authors...

This episode features a discussion between the authors and Rehabilitation Oncology highlighting the importance of moving evidence into clinical practice through implementation science frameworks.  The Knowledge-to-Action (KTA) and Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) provide guidance on how clinicians can make changes in practice that reflect the evidence database. 

This episode discusses a quasi-experimental repeated pre-post design to evaluate attitudes, awareness and behaviors of nursing and physical therapy students during a simulated end of Life experience.

This episode discusses an Executive Summary of Reports from an International Multidisciplinary Roundtable on Exercise and Cancer: Evidence, Guidelines, and Implementation.

This episode discusses a prospective observational study of community dwelling people 50 years of age or greater in the United States with a history of cancer using data from the Health and Retirement Study. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between cognitive function, gait speed, balance, and falls in older cancer survivors. Results indicate that cognitive function, specifical...

This case report examined the effect of a 24-session PT intervention aimed at decreasing chronic pain and opioid weaning for a 64-year-old patient at a multidisciplinary AIDS clinic in Atlanta, Georgia. The PT intervention focused on pain mitigation, utilizing using pain-relief techniques such as a home TENS unit, home stretching regimen, diaphragmatic breathing techniques. In this complex chronic...

Behavioral Change Strategies to Improve Physical Activity After Cancer Treatment

This systematic review reports latest evidence related to physical therapy based interventions in patients with cancer diagnoses who experience chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Treatment approaches included closed chain lower extremity strengthening, interactive, sensor based balance training, and strength and endurance training. There were limitations in study design and number of subj...

This episode presents predictors for performing self-care in females with secondary lymphedema. Factors as low well-being, body-image, near relations, quality of sleep, difficulty to accept having lymphedema and other ethnicities than national seems to be important. Many of the women perform self-care but still many of them does not think that it helps. The results facilitate more identification a...

This episode discusses the development of a clinical practice guideline as an introduction to the CPG on diagnosing secondary upper quadrant lymphedema due to cancer that has been developed for the Oncology section of the APTA. The important psychometric properties of diagnostic tests are reviewed and the quality ratings of the evidence are discussed. Lastly, the use of CPGs in reviewing your prac...

This episode discusses the recommendations from the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on diagnosing secondary upper quadrant lymphedema due to cancer. Based on the evidence in the CPG there is no one diagnostic tool that can be used definitively to diagnose SUQL, but using these recommendations can facilitate early identification and should lead to an examination of activity and participation rest...

Recent national opioid campaigns are important steps to reducing opioid abuse but they may have significant, unintentional, and adverse consequences on the medical management of patients with advanced cancers or those receiving hospice and palliative care. This commentary describes the role of the physical therapist in the palliative symptom management of terminally ill individuals during this par...