Effect of Exercise in the Management of Peripheral Neuropathy

Chemotherapy-associated peripheral neuropathy is a common complication in patients receiving taxane and platinum-based chemotherapy. Peripheral neuropathy may cause the patient's daily life activities to be hindered, quality of life to deteriorate, treatment dose reduced, or even discontinuation of treatment. In the literature, different studies have been carried out using many pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches in the management of this problem, but so far, any approach that has been shown to be effective in its management has not been clearly defined. One of the approaches whose effectiveness is evaluated in management is exercise. There have been published case reports and several experimental studies examining small patient groups on this subject, and it has been shown to have significant benefits in the management of peripheral neuropathy. This study was planned to determine whether exercise is an effective method in the management of chemotherapy-associated peripheral neuropathy in oncology patients.