"Prescribing" Exercise to Cancer Patients At High-Risk for Falls

"Prescribing" Exercise to Cancer Patients At High-Risk for Falls

Falls are common and catastrophic in cancer patients. Cancer patients are vulnerable to falls due to muscle loss. In prescribing exercise in a data driven manner to cancer patients, our hypothesis is this "prescription" for exercise will eventually be demonstrated to reduce the occurrence of injurious falls.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any cancer diagnosis, as documented in medical record, other than non-melanoma skin cancer.
• No issues such as unstable angina or loss of a limb that would preclude exercise.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer
• Unstable angina
• Loss of limb, which limits exercise capabilities at the discretion of the Principal Investigators
• Pregnant women