Incorporating Exercise Training into the Oncology Rehabilitation Setting
Course: #3180Level: Intermediate 2 Hours 2575 ReviewsExercise training is an essential but physiological stressful part of the physical therapy management of a cancer survivor. The purpose of this course is to introduce the participant to safely incorporating exercise training into the care and management of the cancer survivor.
On Demand
Course Type: Recorded Webinar, Text/Transcript
CEUs/Hours Offered: AK/2.0; AL/2.0; AR/2.0; AZ/2.0; CA/2.0; CO/2.0; CT/2.0; DE/2.0; GA/2.0; HI/2.0; IA/2.0; IACET/0.2; ID/2.0; IN/2.0; KS/2.0; KY/2.0 Category 2; MA/2.0; MD/2.0; ME/2.0; MI/2.0; MO/2.0; MS/2.0; MT/2.0; NC/2.0; ND/2.0; NE/2.0; NH/2.0; NY/2.0; OK/2.0; OR/2.0; PA/2.0; RI/2.0; SD/2.0; TN/2.0; UT/2.0; VA/2.0; VT/2.0; WA/2.0; WI/2.0; WY/2.0
Learning Outcomes
- The participant will able to identify three benefits that cancer survivors derive from participating in an exercise training program.
- The participant will able to correctly interpret at least three physiologic changes which occur during an acute exercise bout.
- The participant will able to list at least three adaptive changes to participation in an exercise training program with an improved functional capacity.
- The participant will able to outline an exercise prescription based on estimated heart rate max and/or results from an exercise test.
Course created on October 10, 2018
Agenda
0-10 Minutes | Background, review of learner outcomes, Why this topic? |
10-25 Minutes | Basics of exercise physiology |
25-55 Minutes | Exercise safety |
55-75 Minutes | How to conduct an exercise test |
75-95 Minutes | Writing an exercise prescription |
95-115 Minutes | Exercise guidelines |
115-120 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
Reviews
2575 ReviewsPresented By

Stephen Morris
PT, PhD, FACSM
Dr. Stephen Morris earned a Ph. D. in Exercise Science from the Univ. of Texas at Austin, completed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship in the Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics at UC Irvine. He then earned a degree in physical therapy (PT) from Texas Woman’s University. Since earning his PT license he has taught in 3 academic physical therapy programs, served both as a clinician and researcher in the Dept. of Rehabilitation Services of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and as the director of Rehabilitation Services at St. Jude Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital. He has published over 45 refereed journal articles and has spoken locally, nationally, and internationally on exercise in the oncology setting. He recently completed a 4-year tenure as the President of American Physical Therapy’s (APTA) Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy and as the APTA’s liaison to the Multidisciplinary Roundtable on Exercise and Cancer Prevention and Control. This Roundtable was organized by the American College of Sports Medicine and endorsed specific exercise prescription for the management of adverse effects of cancer and its treatment. Currently, he is a Professor in the Physical Therapy Dept. at Wingate University, serves on the editorial board of the Rehabilitation Oncology, and is the liaison between the Academy and the APTA
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