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Physical Therapy

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Cancer therapy has evolved over the last 20 years; however structured rehabilitative interventions for functional impairments related to cancer pain syndromes continue to be a challenge. It is important that physicians treating cancer patients are aware of the benefits and indications for referral to a cancer rehabilitation service, in this case physical therapy. This chapter aims at guiding the healthcare provider with the appropriate physical therapy interventions that should be implemented in preventing and addressing functional limitations from cancer and its related treatments.

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez

  2. Crom Rehabilitation, LLC, Department of Outpatient Sports Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Roy Rivera Jr.

  3. Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Houston, TX, USA

    Prathap Jayaram

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amitabh Gulati

  2. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Vinay Puttanniah

  3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Brian M. Bruel

  4. Midwest Neuroscience Institute, Center for the Relief of Pain, Kansas City, MO, USA

    William S. Rosenberg

  5. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Joseph C. Hung

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Verduzco-Gutierrez, M., Rivera, R., Jayaram, P. (2019). Physical Therapy. In: Gulati, A., Puttanniah, V., Bruel, B., Rosenberg, W., Hung, J. (eds) Essentials of Interventional Cancer Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99684-4_44

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