2020
Severe functional limitation due to pain & emotional distress and subsequent receipt of prescription medications among older adults with cancer
Presley CJ, Canavan M, Wang SY, Feder SL, Kapo J, Saphire ML, Sheinfeld E, Kent EE, Davidoff AJ. Severe functional limitation due to pain & emotional distress and subsequent receipt of prescription medications among older adults with cancer. Journal Of Geriatric Oncology 2020, 11: 960-968. PMID: 32169548, PMCID: PMC7346676, DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2020.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere functional limitationsCo-occurring symptomsFunctional limitationsOlder adultsPrescription medicationsEmotional distressOlder adult Medicare beneficiariesAdult Medicare beneficiariesPrescription claims dataStage IV diseaseSupportive care needsMultivariable logistic regressionPrescription medication useMedicare Part D enrollmentPart D enrollmentCertain cancer typesMedication useLung cancerClaims dataPainMedicare beneficiariesCare needsFunctional independenceParticipant characteristicsCancer
2012
Physical therapy interventions for knee pain secondary to osteoarthritis: a systematic review.
Wang SY, Olson-Kellogg B, Shamliyan TA, Choi JY, Ramakrishnan R, Kane RL. Physical therapy interventions for knee pain secondary to osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2012, 157: 632-44. PMID: 23128863, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-9-201211060-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-strength evidencePhysical therapy interventionsPT interventionsIndividual RCTsAerobic exerciseTherapy interventionPool standardized mean differencesPhysiotherapy Evidence DatabaseRisk of biasCommunity-dwelling adultsStandardized mean differenceMeans of outcomesImproved disabilityKnee painAdverse eventsKnee osteoarthritisNonsurgical treatmentCochrane LibraryPhysical functionEvidence DatabaseLeading causeOutcome measuresSustained benefitPainSynthesis of evidence