Physical exercise and therapy in terminally ill cancer patients: A retrospective feasibility analysis

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1261-1268

  Jensen, Wiebke ^a   Bialy, Laura ^a   Ketels, Gesche ^a   Baumann, Freerk T ^b   Bokemeyer, Carsten ^a   Oechsle, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Physical exercise; Physical therapy; Terminally ill cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELAXATION TRAINING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84897557076     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2080-4     Document Type: Article

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