TY - JOUR
T1 - Paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome
T2 - Inpatient rehabilitation outcomes of a rare disease from two cancer rehabilitation programmes
AU - Smith, Sean Robinson
AU - Fu, Jack B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Foundation of Rehabilitation Information.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - Paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome is a rare, but debilitating, manifestation of cancer, characterized by painful extremities, truncal and facial spasms. The resultant functional impairment may necessitate comprehensive rehabilitation and symptom management. This case series describes the acute inpatient rehabilitation courses of 2 patients at different tertiary care referral cancer rehabilitation programmes, including work-up and diagnosis, medical management of symptoms, and functional outcomes. Both patients had a reduction in symptom burden and an improvement in motor function as a result of multidisciplinary acute inpatient rehabilitation.
AB - Paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome is a rare, but debilitating, manifestation of cancer, characterized by painful extremities, truncal and facial spasms. The resultant functional impairment may necessitate comprehensive rehabilitation and symptom management. This case series describes the acute inpatient rehabilitation courses of 2 patients at different tertiary care referral cancer rehabilitation programmes, including work-up and diagnosis, medical management of symptoms, and functional outcomes. Both patients had a reduction in symptom burden and an improvement in motor function as a result of multidisciplinary acute inpatient rehabilitation.
KW - Cancer rehabilitation
KW - Inpatient rehabilitation
KW - Paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome
KW - Stiff person syndrome
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U2 - 10.2340/16501977-2089
DO - 10.2340/16501977-2089
M3 - Article
C2 - 27157044
AN - SCOPUS:84976417922
SN - 1650-1977
VL - 48
SP - 639
EP - 642
JO - Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
JF - Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
IS - 7
ER -