Open AccessDevelopment of a Method for Transferring Paraplegic Patients with Advanced Cancer from Bed to Wheelchair
Author(s) -
Kazunari Abe,
Hitoshi Okamura
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.986
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-6218
pISSN - 1557-7740
DOI - 10.1089/jpm.2015.0345
Subject(s) - medicine , wheelchair , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , manual wheelchair , world wide web , computer science
For patients with traumatic paraplegia, the ability to push up is a prerequisite for basic movements, including the transfer from bed to wheelchair. However, this movement may be contraindicated in patients with advanced cancer with bone metastases because of the risk of pain and pathologic fractures and muscle weakness resulting from cancer cachexia and disuse syndrome.
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