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 ?
Evaluation of an early exercise intervention after thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), effects on quality of life, muscle strength and exercise tolerance: randomised controlled trial.
Deterioration in exercise tolerance and impairment in quality of life ( QoL ) are common consequences of lobectomy . This study evaluates additional exercise and strength training after lung resection on QoL , exercise tolerance and muscle strength .  Fifty-three ( 28 male ) patients attending thoracotomy for lung cancer , mean age , range 64 ( 32 - 82 ) years ; mean pack years ( SD ) 31.9 ( 26.8 ) ; BMI 25.6 ( 4.2 ) ; FEV1 2.0 ( 0.7 ) l were r and omised to control ( usual care ) or intervention ( twice daily training plus usual care ) . After discharge the intervention group received monthly home visits and weekly telephone calls , the control group received monthly telephone calls up to 12 weeks . Assessment pre-operatively , 5 day and 12 weeks post-operatively consisted of quadriceps strength using magnetic stimulation , 6 Minute Walking Distance ( 6MWD ) and QoL-EORTC-QLQ-LC13 . QoL was unchanged over 12 weeks ; 6MWD showed significant deterioration at 5 days post-operatively compared with pre-operatively , mean difference (SD)-131.6 ( 101.8 ) m and -128.0 ( 90.7 ) m in active and control groups respectively ( p=0.89 between groups ) which returned to pre-operative levels by 12 weeks in both groups . Quadriceps strength over the 5 day in-patient period showed a decrease of -8.3 ( 11.3 ) kg in the control group compared to increase of 4.0 ( 21.2 ) kg in the intervention group ( p=0.04 between groups ) . Strength training after thoracotomy successfully prevented the fall in quadriceps strength seen in controls , however , there was no effect on 6MWD or QoL. 6MWD returned to pre-operative levels by 12 weeks regardless of additional support offered
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 ?