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Exercise Rehabilitation in Veteran Cancer Survivors
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Summary
Exercise rehabilitation has the potential as a non-pharmacological approach to reduce persistent neuropathic pain in Veterans with lung cancer. By examining the effects of exercise training in Veteran cancer survivors with NSCLC, there is the potential to revolutionize care for a: common, debilitating, and inadequately treated symptom in a growing population. This could lead to a larger investigation to fill critical gaps in the literature and at the same time help discover a new model of care for Veterans with chronic pain. The ultimate goal is to reduce this type of pain for the growing population of cancer survivors while simultaneously reducing the need for problematic opioid management.
Official title: Progressive Activity-Based Rehabilitation in Veteran Cancer Survivors With Chronic Pain
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
9
Start Date
2019-08-19
Completion Date
2026-12-30
Last Updated
2026-02-18
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Exercise Rehabilitation
This training is designed to improve fitness, target the major muscle groups for strength, and to improve balance. Aerobic exercise of walking on a treadmill will be performed. Thera-Bands will be used for resistance exercise for the lower and upper body. Balance program includes core exercises (stepping, weight shifts, etc.) and other progressive exercises.
Control
Participants are instructed to maintain current activity level and are monitored for changes.
Locations (1)
Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, United States