Home-based functional walking program for advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care: A case series

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lowe, Sonya S ^a   Watanabe, Sharon M ^a,b   Baracos, Vickie E ^b   Courneya, Kerry S ^b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Palliative care; Physical activity; Quality of life; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING;

EID: 84877265450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-22     Document Type: Article

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