The content is available as a PDF (200.1 KB).
. 2020 Jul 31:pzaa141. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa141
Exercising in Isolation? The Role of Telehealth in Exercise Oncology During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Kelcey A Bland
1,#, Ashley Bigaran
2,#, Kristin L Campbell
3, Mark Trevaskis
4, Eva M Zopf
5,✉
Kelcey A Bland
1
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia
Find articles by Kelcey A Bland
Ashley Bigaran
2
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University and Department of Sports Cardiology, Baker Institute, Victoria, Australia. Ms Bigaran is an accredited exercise physiologist
Find articles by Ashley Bigaran
Kristin L Campbell
3
Department of Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
Find articles by Kristin L Campbell
Mark Trevaskis
4
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University. Mr Trevaskis is an accredited exercise physiologist
Find articles by Mark Trevaskis
Eva M Zopf
5
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Level 5, 215 Spring St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
Find articles by Eva M Zopf
1
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia
2
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University and Department of Sports Cardiology, Baker Institute, Victoria, Australia. Ms Bigaran is an accredited exercise physiologist
3
Department of Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
4
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University. Mr Trevaskis is an accredited exercise physiologist
5
Exercise and Nutrition Research Program, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Level 5, 215 Spring St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
✉
Address all correspondence to Dr Zopf at: eva.zopf@acu.edu.au.
#
Authors K.A. Bland and A. Bigaran contributed equally to this work.
Received 2020 Jun 10; Accepted 2020 Jul 27.
Keywords: Oncology, Exercise, Telemedicine, Coronavirus
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Physical Therapy Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com
This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model)
This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.
PMCID: PMC7454921 PMID: 32737965