Motor Performance And Fear Of Falling Of Cancer Patients Under Treatment

Motor Performance And Fear Of Falling Of Cancer Patients Under Treatment

This study examines the physical function and fall-related self-efficacy of cancer patients during ongoing or recently (< or = 12 months) finished/completed cancer treatment in comparison to healthy age-matched and senior controls (>65yr). Data were obtained from 45 subjects; fifteen cancer pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2012-05, Vol.44 (5S), p.188-189
Hauptverfasser: Vogt, Lutz, Egen, Janis, Niederer, Daniel, Klingler, Julia, Schmidt, Katharina, Hubscher, Markus, Thiel, Christian, Bernhorster, Marcus, Banzer, Winfried
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study examines the physical function and fall-related self-efficacy of cancer patients during ongoing or recently (< or = 12 months) finished/completed cancer treatment in comparison to healthy age-matched and senior controls (>65yr). Data were obtained from 45 subjects; fifteen cancer patients (51.1+ or -6 yr) with histological confirmed diagnosis and two healthy control groups (2 x n=15), one age-matched (54.2+ or -7.4 yr), and one older group (70.1+ or -4.1 yr). Activity-related fear of falling was evaluated with the Falls-Efficacy-Scale International Version (FES-I). Mann-Whitney-Test followed by Dunn post-hoc revealed significantly (p
ISSN:0195-9131