Grade B evidence also suggested that exercise may improve prostate cancer patients ' muscle mass , muscular strength , functional performance ( walking and sit to st and speed ) , as well as health-related , social and physical quality of life .
These effects appeared greater for group-rather than home-based-exercise , especially if these programs included resistance training .
CONTEXT Prostate cancer patients , especially those on and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) , experience many symptoms that make it difficult to maintain their independence and quality of life .
Because ADT acts by means of reducing testosterone production , exercise may offset many of the ADT side effects and those of the cancer itself .
OBJECTIVES This systematic review of the literature evaluates whether exercise could reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for prostate cancer patients .
Comparing eccentric resistance exercise in prostate cancer survivors on and off hormone therapy: a pilot study.
OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility of an eccentric resistance exercise training protocol in men with prostate cancer and to assess whether men with prostate cancer who are receiving and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) have a blunted effect from the training as compared with prostate cancer survivors not receiving ADT . DESIGN Prospect i ve pilot study . SETTING Academic medical center . PARTICIPANTS Sixteen men with prostate cancer ( Gleason scores 3 + 3 to 4 + 4 ) were initially enrolled . Ten men ( mean age 66 , range 48 - 86 ) completed the study , 5 were currently receiving ADT . Analysis was performed on these 10 men . INTERVENTIONS Subjects were evaluated at baseline . All men underwent a 12-week resistance exercise training protocol using a recumbent , high-force eccentric , leg cycle ergometer 3 times per week at a " somewhat hard " perceived exertion for 12 to 15 minutes . Preexercise and postexercise training changes were examined within and between groups . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Quadriceps muscle volume ( magnetic resonance imaging ) , isometric knee extension strength , functional mobility ( Timed Up and Go Test [ TUG ] and 6-minute walk [ 6MW ] ) , health-related quality of life ( FACT-P ) , and fatigue ( FACIT-fatigue scale ) . RESULTS The ADT group demonstrated significant within-group improvements in the 6MW ( P = .01 ) and isometric knee extension strength ( P = .03 ) . This group also demonstrated a clinical ly relevant change in the FACT-P ; however , this did not meet statistical significance . The  non-ADT  group demonstrated significant within-group improvements in the physical subscale of the FACT-P ( P = .03 ) and an increase in muscle volume ( P = .04 ) . Their improvements in the TUG approached significance ( P = .08 ) . No between-group differences existed . CONCLUSIONS Eccentric resistance exercise was well tolerated , and both groups derived some benefits in strength and functional mobility .  Men receiving ADT  did not appear to have a blunted response to the exercise as compared with prostate cancer survivors not receiving ADT
Grade B evidence also suggested that exercise may improve prostate cancer patients ' muscle mass , muscular strength , functional performance ( walking and sit to st and speed ) , as well as health-related , social and physical quality of life .
These effects appeared greater for group-rather than home-based-exercise , especially if these programs included resistance training .
CONTEXT Prostate cancer patients , especially those on and rogen deprivation therapy ( ADT ) , experience many symptoms that make it difficult to maintain their independence and quality of life .
Because ADT acts by means of reducing testosterone production , exercise may offset many of the ADT side effects and those of the cancer itself .
OBJECTIVES This systematic review of the literature evaluates whether exercise could reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for prostate cancer patients .