Background: In the supportive oncology and palliative care settings, rehabilitation
interventions are often overlooked and underutilized, despite high levels of functional …

Background: Rehabilitation medicine is a multidisciplinary field aimed at improving patients'
quality of life by improving function. Patients receiving palliative care frequently share …

Introduction Few studies have analyzed patients' experiences of physical therapy within
palliative cancer care. Objective: To describe how patients with incurable cancer experience …

Background: Physiotherapists, as essential members of the multidisciplinary palliative care
team, are key to the successful rehabilitation of palliative patients. There is, however, a …

Conclusion In the palliative care approach for patients with cancer, physical therapy and
rehabilitation practices can have a positive impact on symptoms, functional capacity, and …

Purpose Physical exercise (PE) and/or therapy (PT) shows beneficial effects in advanced
cancer patients and is increasingly implemented in hospice and palliative care, although …

The growing acceptance of palliative care has created opportunities to increase the use of
rehabilitation services among populations with advanced disease, particularly those with …

Background Over the last few years, the presence of physiotherapists in Palliative Care
Units (PCU) has considerably grown based on evidence from studies supporting the use of …

Objective: Occupational and physical therapists can have a significant impact on the quality
of life of terminally ill cancer patients. In the critical care setting, rehabilitation is often …

Objective To evaluate the compliance and satisfaction of rehabilitation recommendations for
advanced cancer patients hospitalized in the palliative care unit. Methods Advanced cancer …