TY - JOUR
T1 - Rehabilitation in neuro-oncology
T2 - A meta-analysis of published data and a mono-institutional experience
AU - Formica, Vincenzo
AU - Del Monte, Girolamo
AU - Giacchetti, Ilaria
AU - Grenga, Italia
AU - Giaquinto, Salvatore
AU - Fini, Massimo
AU - Roselli, Mario
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Background. Rehabilitation for cancer patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement is rarely considered and data on its use are limited. The purpose of the present study is to collect all available published data on neuro-oncology rehabilitation and perform a meta-analysis where results were presented in a comparable manner. Moreover, the authors report results on cancer patients with neurological disabilities undergoing rehabilitation at their unit. Study design. A PubMed search was performed to identify studies regarding cancer patients with CNS involvement undergoing inpatient physical rehabilitation. Studies with a complete functional evaluation at admission and discharge were selected. As the most common evaluation scales were Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Barthel Index (BI), only articles with complete FIM and/or BI data were selected for the meta-analysis. Moreover, 23 cancer patients suffering from diverse neurological disabilities underwent standard rehabilitation program between April 2005 and December 2007 at the San Raffaele Pisana Rehabilitation Center. Patient demographics and relevant clinical data were collected. Motricity Index, Trunk Control Test score, and BI were monitored during rehabilitation to assess patient progresses. BI results of patients in this study were included in the meta-analysis. Results. The meta-analysis included results of a total of 994 patients. A statistically significant (P
AB - Background. Rehabilitation for cancer patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement is rarely considered and data on its use are limited. The purpose of the present study is to collect all available published data on neuro-oncology rehabilitation and perform a meta-analysis where results were presented in a comparable manner. Moreover, the authors report results on cancer patients with neurological disabilities undergoing rehabilitation at their unit. Study design. A PubMed search was performed to identify studies regarding cancer patients with CNS involvement undergoing inpatient physical rehabilitation. Studies with a complete functional evaluation at admission and discharge were selected. As the most common evaluation scales were Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Barthel Index (BI), only articles with complete FIM and/or BI data were selected for the meta-analysis. Moreover, 23 cancer patients suffering from diverse neurological disabilities underwent standard rehabilitation program between April 2005 and December 2007 at the San Raffaele Pisana Rehabilitation Center. Patient demographics and relevant clinical data were collected. Motricity Index, Trunk Control Test score, and BI were monitored during rehabilitation to assess patient progresses. BI results of patients in this study were included in the meta-analysis. Results. The meta-analysis included results of a total of 994 patients. A statistically significant (P
KW - Barthel Index
KW - Functional Independence Motricity scale
KW - meta-analysis
KW - neuro-oncology rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1177/1534735410392575
DO - 10.1177/1534735410392575
M3 - Article
C2 - 21196433
AN - SCOPUS:79959796990
VL - 10
SP - 119
EP - 126
JO - Integrative Cancer Therapies
JF - Integrative Cancer Therapies
SN - 1534-7354
IS - 2
ER -