A Case of Successful Rehabilitation for Controlling Chronic Pain Following Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head in a Young Adult Cancer Survivor

• Published in: Cureus Vol. 16; no. 1; p. e52120
• Main Authors: Aoyama, Tomoki, Matsuoka, Mari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Science and Business Media LLC 11.01.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer therapies; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Chronic pain; Confidence; Families & family life; Hip joint; Leukemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle strength; Necrosis; Pain Management; Patients; Physiology; Professionals; Psychological aspects; Range of motion; Rehabilitation; Survivor; Teenagers; Tomography; Young adults; mindset; chronic pain; adolescent and young adult; osteonecrosis of the femoral head; physical medicine and rehabilitation; self-efficacy; cancer survivor

A 26-year-old woman previously treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) 14 years ago faced challenges in managing chronic pain resulting from right femoral head necrosis, a complication of her earlier ALL treatment. Ultimately, the persistent chronic pain was successfully treated via a compreh...