A physiotherapists perspective of geriatric clinic in a tertiary oncology centre
Commonly deranged domains included fatigue (97%), risk of fall (80%)<b>,</b> reduced aerobic capacity (75%) and comorbidities (73%). The correlation between SPPB and POMA was assessed using Spearman's rank correlation method which obtained a correlation coefficient of 0.79 which implies that there is a strong positive association between SPPB and POMA.
Authors
- Anuj Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-0817)
- Bipinesh Sansar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7656-8650)
- Akhil Kapoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-2631)
- Ankita Chitre
- Dipti Vilas Kadu
- Kunal Vinayak
- Navneet Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5584-2035)
- Praveen Lakshmanamurthy
- Ajit Sahoo
- Somnath Dey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3599-8531)
- Akash Anand Shrivastav
- S. I. Azeem
Institutions
- Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (IN)
- Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ecancermedicalscience
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2024.1774
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00