Assessing Physical Function in Transplantation and CAR T Recipients

This panel-based webinar presented by the ASTCT Survivorship SIG will focus on identifying our current physical assessment tools to guide the practice of pre-HCT evaluation of physical function. It will explain how to understand the time points post-HCT and post-CAR T treatment phases where physical assessment tools can be
useful alongside clinical research. At the end of this learning activity, attendees should be able to identify tools to assess physical function in their patients and consider their use in clinical practice.

Topics to be addressed are:

• Currently available tools available for physical function assessments
• Use of these tools prior to, during, and after receiving HCT/ CAR T-cell therapies
• How to identify the right tools to optimize and understand physical function knowledge gaps

Speakers: 

• Shatha Farhan, MD, Henry Ford Health
• Shernan Holtan, MD. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Elizabeth Hile, PT, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Leora Ellen Comis, OTR/L, National Institutes of Health - retired

Moderators:

• Pashna Munshi, MD, Penn Medicine
• Steven Pavletic, ND, National Institutes of Health

Dr. Hile’s related research is funded by the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), the Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF), the University of Oklahoma Health Campus College of Allied Health (OUHC CAH), the University of Oklahoma Health Stephenson Cancer Center (OUH SCC), and the National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA225520 awarded to the OUH SCC.  Dr. Hile’s content is solely her responsibility and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health, OUH SCC, OUHC CAH, PHF, or Oklahoma TSET.

 The Quantification of Hallux Extension (QuHalEx) strength testing device and testing protocol are patented by the University of Oklahoma Health Campus as U.S. patent 11402284, Apparatus and Method for Measuring Toe Flexion and Extension Strength. Dr. Hile is an inventor on the QuHalEx patent.

The insights expressed by Leora Ellen Comis during this webinar do not represent the official views of National Institutes of Health or the United State Department of Health and Human Services.

The insights expressed by Dr. Steve Pavletic during this webinar do not represent the official views of National Institutes of Health or the United State Department of Health and Human Services.