%0 Journal Article
%T Assessment and Treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy- a Physical Therapy Perspective
%A Nisha Rani Jamwal
%A Senthil P Kumar
%J -
%D 2015
%R https://doi.org/10.18314/gjct.v1i1.28
%X Chemotherapy is recognized as a mainline treatment for all types of cancer, and its most debilitating and dose-limiting complication is Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), the mechanisms of nerve damage of which depends upon the specific chemotherapeutic agent used. Use of non-invasive treatment methods such as physical therapy may provide a valuable therapeutic adjunctive option in patients with CIPN. Physical therapy treatment methods had been shown to produce effective symptom control and enhance quality of life in palliative care. A detailed evidence-based update of literature is provided under evaluation and management of CIPN with a special perspective of physical therapy management using a proposed clinical reasoning-based treatment decision making algorithm so that an £¿¡éa£¿£¿£¿£¿out of the box£¿¡éa£¿£¿a£¿¡é self-reflective evidence-informed critical thinking process is applied along a collaborative multidisciplinary biopsychosocial approach
%U https://www.gratisoa.org/journals/index.php/GJCT/article/view/28