27 Ιουνίου 2018, Starting exercise prior to cancer treatment can pay off - The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cancer can have a lasting effect on a patient.
That’s why rehabilitation is often so important after cancer treatment or surgery.
That’s why rehabilitation is often so important after cancer treatment or surgery.But how would a patient fare if physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) came before any cancer care? That’s a question a multidisciplinary team at MD Anderson continues to explore through prehabilitation, or prehab.
Prehab is used to help improve the strength, endurance and functional capacity of patients following the initial diagnosis. It can be personalized to meet a patient’s individual needs and, much like MD Anderson’s enhanced recovery efforts, some preliminary research on prehab has documented improved results for patients.