Interventions to promote exercise in cancer survivors who report better levels of adherence share some common behaviour change techniques .
These involve setting programme goals , prompting practise and self-monitoring and encouraging participants to attempt to generalise behaviours learned in supervised exercise environments to other , non-supervised context s. However , expecting most sedentary survivors to achieve current guideline recommendations of at least 150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise is likely to be unrealistic .
BACKGROUND The beneficial effects of regular exercise for people living with or beyond cancer are becoming apparent .
However , how to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary cancer cohorts is not as well understood .
A large majority of people living with or recovering from cancer do not meet exercise recommendations .
Hence , review ing the evidence on how to promote and sustain exercise behaviour is important .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of interventions to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer and to address the following questions : Which interventions are most effective in improving aerobic fitness and skeletal muscle strength and endurance ?
What adverse effects are attributed to different exercise interventions ?
Which interventions are most effective in improving exercise behaviour amongst patients with different cancers ?
Which interventions are most likely to promote long-term ( 12 months or longer ) exercise behaviour ?
What frequency of contact with exercise professionals is associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What theoretical basis is most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What behaviour change techniques are most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
The effects of a physical exercise programme after radical cystectomy for urinary bladder cancer. A pilot randomized controlled trial
Objective : Assessment of feasibility and effects of an exercise training programme in patients following cystectomy due to urinary bladder cancer . Design : Single-blind , pilot , r and omized controlled trial . Setting : University hospital , Sweden . Subjects : Eighteen patients ( 64–78 years ) , of 89 suitable , cystectomized due to urinary bladder cancer , were r and omized after hospital discharge to intervention or control . Interventions : The 12-week exercise programme included group exercise training twice a week and daily walks . The control group received only st and ardized information at discharge . Main outcome measures : Trial eligibility and compliance to inclusion were registered . Assessment s of functional capacity , balance , lower body strength and health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) with SF-36 . Results : Out of 122 patients 89 were eligible , but 64 did not want to participate/were not invited . Twenty-five patients were included , but 7 dropped out before r and omization . Eighteen patients were r and omized to intervention or control . Thirteen patients completed the training period . The intervention group increased walking distance more than the control group , 109 m ( 75–177 ) compared to 62 m ( 36–119 ) ( P = 0.013 ) , and role physical domain in SF-36 more than the control group ( P = 0.031 ) . Ten patients were evaluated one year postoperatively . The intervention group had continued increasing walking distance , 20 m ( 19–36 ) , whereas the control group had shortened the distance −15.5 m ( −43 to −5 ) ( P = 0.010 ) . Conclusions : A 12-week group exercise training programme was not feasible for most cystectomy patients . However , functional capacity and the role-physical domain in HRQoL increased in the short and long term for patients in the intervention group compared with controls
Interventions to promote exercise in cancer survivors who report better levels of adherence share some common behaviour change techniques .
These involve setting programme goals , prompting practise and self-monitoring and encouraging participants to attempt to generalise behaviours learned in supervised exercise environments to other , non-supervised context s. However , expecting most sedentary survivors to achieve current guideline recommendations of at least 150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise is likely to be unrealistic .
BACKGROUND The beneficial effects of regular exercise for people living with or beyond cancer are becoming apparent .
However , how to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary cancer cohorts is not as well understood .
A large majority of people living with or recovering from cancer do not meet exercise recommendations .
Hence , review ing the evidence on how to promote and sustain exercise behaviour is important .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of interventions to promote exercise behaviour in sedentary people living with and beyond cancer and to address the following questions : Which interventions are most effective in improving aerobic fitness and skeletal muscle strength and endurance ?
What adverse effects are attributed to different exercise interventions ?
Which interventions are most effective in improving exercise behaviour amongst patients with different cancers ?
Which interventions are most likely to promote long-term ( 12 months or longer ) exercise behaviour ?
What frequency of contact with exercise professionals is associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What theoretical basis is most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?
What behaviour change techniques are most often associated with increased exercise behaviour ?