General information


Subject type: Optional

Coordinator: Esther Wall Gimeno

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Anabel Casanovas Alvarez
Marc Terradellas Fernández 
Karima Bouallalene Jaramillo 

Skills


Basic skills
  • B4_That students can convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences

     

  • B5_That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

     

Specific skills
  • E6_Assess the diagnosis of physiotherapy care according to standards and with internationally recognized validation instruments

     

  • E8_Execute, direct and coordinate the physiotherapy intervention plan, using its own therapeutic tools and taking into account the individuality of the user

     

  • E10_Prepare the discharge report for physiotherapy care once the proposed objectives have been met

     

  • E11_Provide effective physiotherapy care, providing comprehensive care to patients

     

  • E13_Ability to work in professional teams as a basic unit in which professionals and other staff of healthcare organizations are structured in a unified or multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary way

     

  • E23_Identify the effects of the practice of physical exercise on the psychological and social aspects of human beings

     

  • E24_Understand the basics of fitness for the practice of physical activity and sport

     

Transversal competences
  • T2_Demonstrate ability to organize and plan

     

  • T3_The student must be able to develop skills in interpersonal relationships and be able to work within an intra and interdisciplinary team

     

Description


Oncological physiotherapy is a specialty that aims to preserve, maintain, develop and restore kinetic-functional systems, as well as prevent, improve and treat the sequelae of the oncological process. Its field of action deals with individual and / or collective treatments by specialized physiotherapists.

The aim of this subject is to achieve the necessary skills that a physiotherapist must have in order to be able to tackle one of the most common and most impactful diseases in the healthcare system. Increasingly, the cancer patient is receiving transdisciplinary treatment that falls not only to the doctor and nurse, but also to the psychologist, social worker, associations, and so on. and in the physiotherapist. Therefore, physiotherapy is playing a leading role in this multidisciplinary treatment, and not only in post-surgical treatment but in pre-rehabilitation, before surgery, increasingly present in different hospitals in the health system where they are training and seeking professionals. qualified to perform these tasks. During adjuvant treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, etc. The physiotherapist also accompanies the patient to improve possible fibrosis, contractures, fatigue, mobility, dyspnea, neuropathy, pain, functional capacity, etc ... In addition, once the patients have finished the treatments, the physiotherapist continues to promote healthy habits and the prescription of physical exercise as aspects with more scientific evidence both in survival and with the improvement of the quality of life. For this reason, physiotherapists must be trained to have an understanding of the different natural histories of the most prevalent cancers in our population, the basic principles that must include a pre-rehabilitation program and the development of decongestant therapy. edema used in one of the main chronic adverse effects such as lymphedema. Therefore, the physiotherapist provides assistance from the moment of diagnosis, avoiding comorbidities of the same treatment, throughout the process minimizing the possible possible sequelae and throughout his life already being survivors, improving the quality of life. as the main goal.

 

Learning outcomes


LO7. Explain precisely the terminology of exercise physiology.

LO8. It applies, based on knowledge, the effects of physical activity and physical interventions caused on the biochemical reactions of different human organs and systems.

LO17. Choose behavior modification techniques that can be used in different areas of professional practice.

LO21. Analyzes the patient's expectations regarding their evolution, demand and needs.

LO22. Establishes the intervention protocol based on the joint negotiation between therapist and patient.

LO23. Perform the physiotherapeutic diagnosis to determine the dysfunctions and disabilities that will require a specific physiotherapy intervention.

LO24. Interact with other health and physical activity professionals to base an intervention plan based on the specific clinical diagnoses of each of the professions.

LO27. Interacts with medical professionals to gain therapeutic efficacy. Set joint intervention goals.

LO28. Identify the main treatments used in physiotherapy interventions for each of the clinical specialties. Classify them according to their importance and establish an order of priorities in their therapeutic application.

LO29. Analyze the effects produced by the interventions. Evaluate benefits and risks and establish an intervention criterion based on the priorities and effects pursued.

LO30. It analyzes the patient's expectations for each of the clinical specialties with respect to their evolution, demands and needs.

LO33. Perform the specific physiotherapy diagnosis for each of the clinical specialties in order to determine the dysfunctions and disabilities that will require a specific physiotherapy intervention.

LO53. Designs and implements prevention programs through physical activity for subjects with risk factors or chronic pathology.

LO59. Understand substantial problems in physiotherapy and propose hypotheses to design the methodological strategy to prove it scientifically, which would lead to the best resolution of the identified problems.

Working methodology


training activities

 

TYPE

ACTIVITY

HOURS

 

AF1. Theoretical classes

8,25 hours

AF2. Seminars / Workshops

3 hours

AF3. Practical classes

26,25 hours

AF6. Study and group work

2 hours

AF7. Study and autonomous, individual work

60,5 hours

Total

100 hours

Contents


Part 1. Definition of the concept of cancer. What it is and how it develops. Epidemiology of cancer Information on types of cancer and sequelae.

           Introduction to Oncological Physiotherapy. Definitions, objectives, epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, treatments, classification

Part 2. Scales of comprehensive assessment of the person with cancer. Assessment of physiotherapy in the cancer patient.

Part 3: The role of the physiotherapist in the field of oncology. Pre-qualification. Indications and contraindications.

Part 4. Pelvic floor and oncology

Part 5. Oncopediatrics. Oncopediatric physiotherapy. Palliative care

Part 6. Anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system

Part 7. Approach and comprehensive treatment of veno-lymphatic disorders. Decongestant therapy of edema

Part 8. Exercise and cancer. Nordic Walking.

Part 9. Development of clinical cases

 

Learning activities


MD1. Expository method or master class: to transmit knowledge and to activate the cognitive processes of the student by means of a unidirectional learning.

MD2. Case study: acquiring learning through the analysis of real or simulated cases.

MD3. Solving exercises and problems: exercising, rehearsing and putting into practice previous knowledge.

MD6. Cooperative learning: fostering active and meaningful knowledge in a cooperative way

Evaluation system


The evaluation of this subject will be carried out as follows:

 

Assessment systems 

 

ACTIVITY

 Weighting  

 Oral expression

 20%

 Theoretical exam

  30%

 Practical exam 

 30%

 Co-evaluation 

 20% 

 

To pass the course it is necessary to obtain a grade of 5/10 in the final average of the assessment. The final grade will be the weighted average of all the activities carried out.

The total or partial copy in any of the learning activities will mean a "Not Presented" in the subject, without option to present in the proof of recovery and without prejudice of the opening of a file for this reason

According to current regulations, only those students who have obtained a failing grade during the assessment of the regular period will be able to take the resit exam. If the rating is Not Presented, you will not be eligible for recovery.

Participation in classroom activities and discussions will be assessed as long as class attendance is at least 80%. If this minimum is not reached, the grade of the subject will be "Not presented" and will not be entitled to recovery. 

Therefore, this situation of non-presentation will be considered when the student has not taken the theoretical test and / or the practical oral presentation.

 

REFERENCES


Basic

L of the Río Solà. Lymphedema, from clinic to treatment. BSN Medical, SLU2016.

JC Ferrandez. The lymphatic system. Pan American. 2006.

M Torres, I Salvat. Guide to massage therapy for physiotherapists. Pan American. 2014

Juan Jesús Cruz Hernández & César Rodríguez Sánchez & Elvira del Barco Morillo & Emilio Fonseca Sánchez. Clinical Oncology. The Servant. 2018.

Javier Castillo. Physiotherapy in oncological processes. Alcalá Training. 2018

Complementary

https://www.mision-compresion.es/upload/publicaciones/PDF3_Guia-linfedema-segunda-edicion-2017_439.pdf

https://www.geicam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/3251-MAIL-actualizacion-Guias-Nutricion-Ejercicio-Cancer-Mama.pdf