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Physiatric evaluation is a crucial moment to plan and manage a rehabilitative intervention. At this stage, the rehabilitation therapist in charge of oncology patients is called to accurately evaluate the anatomical and functional damage caused by the tumor and the therapies used to treat it, as well as all implications restricting the patient’s activity and social participation. The therapist should also be able to outline a complete profile of the subject, so as to share a project that emphasizes their strengths and aims at improving their abilities and removing any environmental or personal factors that might be hindering their self-expression, thus promoting their social participation [1, 2] (see Tables 8.1 and 8.2).
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Gariboldi, V., Lopresti, M., Panella, L. (2021). Physiatric Evaluation. In: Lopresti, M., Panella, L. (eds) Rehabilitation After Limb Salvage Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66352-0_8
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