Results The majority of studies demonstrated RE as an effective and safe intervention to improve muscular strength and performance , fatigue and quality of life ( QoL ) in PCaPs , while there is inconclusive evidence concerning cardiovascular performance , body composition , blood lipids , bone mineral density ( BMD ) , and immune response .
Purpose Physical exercise has been shown to be an effective , safe , and quite inexpensive method to reduce cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and is currently in the process of establishing its relevance for cancer specific morbidity and mortality .
The aim of this systematic review was to focus on specific effects of resistance exercise ( RE ) in the adjuvant therapy and rehabilitation of prostate cancer patients ( PCaPs ) receiving or having received and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) .
Practice-based evidence research in rehabilitation: an alternative to randomized controlled trials and traditional observational studies.
Sound rigorous methods are needed by research ers and providers to address practical questions about risks , benefits , and costs of interventions as they occur in routine clinical practice such as : Are treatments used in daily practice associated with intended outcomes ? For whom does an intervention work best ? With limited clinical re sources , what are the best interventions to use for specific types of patients ? Answers to such questions can help clinicians , patients , research ers , and health care administrators learn from , and improve , real-world everyday clinical practice . In this article , we describe existing research design s to demonstrate clinical usefulness and comparative effectiveness of  rehabilitation treatments .  We compare r and omized controlled trials and observational cohort studies of various types , including those that use instrumental variables or propensity scores to control for potential patient or treatment selection effects . We argue that practice -based evidence ( PBE ) study design s include features that address limitations inherent in both r and omized trials and traditional observational studies , and also reduce the need for instrumental variables and propensity scores methods . We give examples of how PBE design s have been used in various rehabilitation areas to determine better treatments for specific types of patients
Results The majority of studies demonstrated RE as an effective and safe intervention to improve muscular strength and performance , fatigue and quality of life ( QoL ) in PCaPs , while there is inconclusive evidence concerning cardiovascular performance , body composition , blood lipids , bone mineral density ( BMD ) , and immune response .
Purpose Physical exercise has been shown to be an effective , safe , and quite inexpensive method to reduce cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and is currently in the process of establishing its relevance for cancer specific morbidity and mortality .
The aim of this systematic review was to focus on specific effects of resistance exercise ( RE ) in the adjuvant therapy and rehabilitation of prostate cancer patients ( PCaPs ) receiving or having received and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) .