Functional recovery in cancer rehabilitation.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-2000
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of inpatient rehabilitation on the motor and cognitive functional status of cancer patients, and to determine whether cancer diagnosis, rehabilitation impairment, physician-determined rehabilitation goals, and active cytotoxic treatment affect the magnitude of functional improvement.
DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective, case series of patients with an oncology diagnosis undergoing inpatient rehabilitation at a rehabilitation hospital.
PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 200 patients admitted for rehabilitation services due to disability resulting from impairments caused by cancer or its treatment.
INTERVENTION: Comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation.
OUTCOME MEASURES: Function status was measured using the motor and cognitive measures of the Functional Independence Measure.
RESULTS: All patients made significant gains in motor function regardless of diagnostic group, rehabilitation impairment group, rehabilitation goal group, and cytotoxic treatment status. The magnitude of motor function gain was not equivalent across all impairments and rehabilitation goals. Significant gains in cognitive function were made by all patients except those with intracranial neoplasms, central nervous system dysfunction, and palliative rehabilitation goals.
CONCLUSION: Inpatient rehabilitation can improve both motor and cognitive function in patients with disability resulting from impairments caused by cancer or its treatment.
Volume
81
Issue
5
First Page
623
Last Page
627
ISSN
0003-9993
Published In/Presented At
Cole, R. P., Scialla, S. J., & Bednarz, L. (2000). Functional recovery in cancer rehabilitation. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 81(5), 623–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-9993(00)90046-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10807103
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article