Lifestyle Medicine: The Role of the Physical Therapist

Abstract

1829 patients underwent radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection (RP+PLND) (241 high-risk, 943 intermediate-risk, 645 low-risk). Positive margin rates were 17.8%, 14.8%, and 11.9% in the high, intermediate-and lowrisk groups. Five-year overall survival was 92.5% in lymph node-positive patients and 94.9% in lymph node-negative patients (p = 0.8). Age, prebiopsy prostatespecific antigen, and clinical stage were associated with positive surgical margins in patients with lymph node metastasis (LNM). Recipients of RP+PLND with LNM and positive surgical margins required adjuvant treatment.

A health and lifestyle framework: An evidence‐informed basis for contemporary physical therapist clinical practice guidelines with special reference to individuals with heart failure

“…Contemporary patient education warrants dedicated health competencies in lifestyle change strategies (Bodner et al, 2012;Physiotherapy;Dean et al, 2014bDean et al, , 2019Theory & Practice Special Issue, 2009;Worman, 2020); and monitoring of patients' adherence to lifestyle changes overall, not only to medications and activity/exercise.…”

“…However, comparable to maximizing athletic performance, functional capacity can be augmented with healthy lifestyle practices alone, and augmented with the addition of physical therapist‐prescribed reduced sedentarism, physical activity and active living, as well as structured exercise. Contemporary patient education warrants dedicated health competencies in lifestyle change strategies (Bodner et al., 2012; Physiotherapy; Dean et al., 2014b, 2019; Theory & Practice Special Issue, 2009; Worman, 2020); and monitoring of patients' adherence to lifestyle changes overall, not only to medications and activity/exercise.…”