This research studied the usefulness of a targeted intervention designed to manage chemotherapy-induced symptoms, particularly focusing on pain relief, balance deviations and functional improvements. Eighty participants were randomly allocated to either an experimental group, which received a combination of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy and a tailored exercise program (TEP), or a control one that only received the TEP. The study employed several primary measures, including the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain assessment, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-Ntx) for evaluating functional status, the Biodex balance system (BBS) for assessing overall sway and stability indices, and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) assessments.
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Timeframe: conducted at three intervals: prior to the interventions, after the six-week treatment period, and again eight weeks post-treatment as a follow- up to evaluate the long-term effects of the interventions