Symposium

Cancer Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Spinal Cord Injury

Rehabilitation of Atypical Spinal Cord Dysfunction in the Cancer Setting – an Interactive ICF-based Approach to Evaluation and Management (820517)

Presenter(s)

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  Michael D. Stubblefield, MD

  Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation
  Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
  West Orange, New Jersey

  Presentation Slides
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  Ashish Khanna, MD

  Assistant Attending Physician, Cancer Rehabilitation
  Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
  West Orange, New Jersey
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  Tiffany Kendig, PT, DPT, MPH, CLT

  ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Program DIrector
  Kessler Rehabilitation Center
  Syosset, New York
• MF

  Mari Ferry, PT, DPT

  Physical Therapist
  Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation
  West Orange, New Jersey

 

Advances in cancer therapy, particularly targeted and biologic agents, have radically changed oncologic prognosis for many malignancies.  Improved prognosis for historically rapidly progressive disease has changed the way rehabilitation clinicians must approach and counsel their patients.  This symposium will discuss the principles and practice of safe, compassionate and effective rehabilitation of cancer survivors with atypical spinal cord dysfunction.  The importance of understanding recent oncologic therapies and mapping the potential effectiveness of these treatments to functional prognosis will be discussed at length using the ICF framework.  Strategies to effectively communicate the link between oncologic and rehabilitative prognosis in a therapeutically effective but compassionate way will be discussed.  Finally, the audience will understand the principles of evaluation and management of functional impairments in cancer survivors with spinal cord dysfunction.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the impact of contemporary cancer treatment on prognosis in survivors with spinal cord dysfunction.
• Effectively communicate oncologic and functional prognosis in cancer survivors with spinal cord dysfunction.
• Incorporate the ICF in developing a comprehensive rehabilitation plan of care for cancer survivors with spinal cord dysfunction.
• Develop rehabilitation strategies for cancer survivors with spinal cord dysfunction.