Open AccessExercise prehabilitation program for patients under neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Lidia B. Alejo,
Itziar Págola Aldazabal,
Carmen FiuzaLuces,
Daniel Huerga,
Maria Victoria De Torres,
Anamaria Verdugo,
María Jesús Ortega Solano,
José Luis Felipe,
Alejandro Lucía,
Ana Ruiz-Casado
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_30_17
Subject(s) - prehabilitation , medicine , physical therapy , quality of life (healthcare) , interquartile range , anxiety , depression (economics) , body mass index , colorectal cancer , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cancer , nursing , economics , macroeconomics , psychiatry
Prehabilitation is emerging as a method of preparing patients physically and mentally for the often disabling effects of cancer treatment.