Therapeutic exercise during outpatient radiation therapy for advanced cancer: Feasibility and impact on physical well-being

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 611-619

  Cheville, Andrea L ^a   Girardi, Jean ^a   Clark, Matthew M ^a   Rummans, Teresa A ^a   Pittelkow, Thomas ^b   Brown, Paul ^a   Hanson, Jean ^a   Atherton, Pamela ^a   Johnson, Mary E ^a   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Gamble, Gail ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Exercise; Multidisciplinary; Quality of Life; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 77955052738     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181d3e782     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Clark MM, Novotny PJ, Patten CA, et al: Motivational readiness for physical activity and quality of life in long-term lung cancer survivors. Lung Cancer 2008; 61:117-122
2. Daneryd P, Karlberg I, Schersten T, et al: Cytochrome c oxidase and purine nucleotides in skeletal muscle in tumour-bearing exercising rats. Eur J Cancer 1992;28A:773-777
3. Daneryd PL, Hafstrom LR, Karlberg IH: Effects of spontaneous physical exercise on experimental cancer anorexia and cachexia. Eur J Cancer 1990;26: 1083-1088
4. Yoshioka H: Rehabilitation for the terminal cancer patient. Am JPhys Med Rehabil 1994;73:199-206.
5. Clark MM, Vickers KS, Hathaway JC, et al: Physical activity in patients with advanced-stage cancer actively receiving chemotherapy. J Support Oncol 2007;5:487-493
6. Cheville AL, Beck LA, Petersen TL, et al: The detection and treatment of cancer-related functional problems in an outpatient setting. Support Care Cancer 2009;17:61-67
7. Cheville AL, Troxel AB, Basford JR, et al: Prevalence and treatment patterns of physical impairments in patients with metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008;26:2621-2629
8. Huang ME, Cifu DX, Keyser-Marcus L: Functional outcome after brain tumor and acute stroke: A comparative analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1998;79: 1386-1390
9. O'Dell MW, Barr K, Spanier D, et al: Functional outcome of inpatient rehabilitation in persons with brain tumors. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1998;79: 1530-1534
10. McKinley WO, Huang ME, Tewksbury MA: Neoplastic vs. traumatic spinal cord injury: An inpatient rehabilitation comparison. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2000;79:138-144
11. McKinley WO, Huang ME, Brunsvold KT: Neoplastic versus traumatic spinal cord injury: An outcome comparison after inpatient rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1999;80:1253-1257
12. Rummans TA, Clark MM, Sloan JA, et al: Impacting quality of life for patients with advanced cancer with a structured multidisciplinary intervention: A randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2006;24:635-642
13. Zubrod CG, Ipsen J, Frei E, et al: Newer techniques and some problems in cooperative group studies. Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 1960;3:277-292
14. Therneau TM: How many stratification factors are "too many" to use in a randomization plan? Control Clin Trials 1993;14:98-108.
15. Pocock SJ, Simon R: Sequential treatment assignment with balancing for prognostic factors in the controlled clinical trial. Biometrics 1975;31:103-115
16. Tinetti ME: Performance-oriented assessment of mobility problems in elderly patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1986;34:119-126
17. Hatfield AG: Beyond the 10-m time: A pilot study of timed walks in lower limb amputees. Clin Rehabil 2002;16:210-214
18. Locke DE, Decker PA, Sloan JA, et al: Validation of single-item linear analog scale assessment of quality of life in neuro-oncology patients. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007;34:628-638
19. Sloan JA, Aaronson N, Cappelleri JC, et al: Assessing the clinical significance of single items relative to summated scores. Mayo Clin Proc 2002;77:479-487
20. Sloan JA, Symonds T, Vergas-Chanes D, et al: Practical guidelines for assessing the clinical significance of health-related quality of life changes within clinical trials. Drug InfJ 2003;37:23-31
21. Curran S, Andrykowski M, Studts J: Short Form of the Profile of Mood States (POMS-SF): Psychometric information. Psychol Assess 1995;71:80-83
22. Clark MM, Rummans TA, Sloan JA, et al: Quality of life of caregivers of patients with advanced-stage cancer. Am J Hosp Palliat Care 2006;23:185-191
23. Johnson ME, Piderman KM, Sloan JA, et al: Measuring spiritual quality of life in patients with cancer. J Support Oncol 2007;5:437-442
24. Lapid MI, Rummans TA, Brown PD, et al: Improving the quality of life of geriatric cancer patients with a structured multidisciplinary intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Palliat Support Care 2007; 5:107-114
25. Miller JJ, Frost MH, Rummans TA, et al: Role of a medical social worker in improving quality of life for patients with advanced cancer with a structured multidisciplinary intervention. J Psychosoc Oncol 2007;25:105-119
26. Brown P, Clark MM, Atherton P, et al: Will improvement in quality of life (QOL) impact fatigue in patients receiving radiation therapy for advanced cancer? Am J Clin Oncol 2006;29:52-58
27. Knoblauch R, Pietrucha M, Nitzburg M: Field studies of pedestrian walking speed and start-up time, Transportation Research Record No. 1538, Washington DC, TRB, National Research Council, 1996.
28. Segal RJ, Reid RD, Courneya KS, et al: Randomized controlled trial of resistance or aerobic exercise in men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2009;27:344-351
29. Oldervoll LM, Loge JH, Paltiel H, et al: The effect of a physical exercise program in palliative care: A phase II study. J Pain Symptom Manage 2006;31: 421-430
30. Montagnini M, Lodhi M, Born W: The utilization of physical therapy in a palliative care unit. J Palliat Med 2003;6:11-17
31. Cramp F, Daniel J: Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008:CD006145.