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 ?
Effects of a Physical Activity Behavior Change Intervention on Inflammation and Related Health Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors
Background . The goal of this pilot study was to determine the magnitude and direction of intervention effect sizes for inflammatory-related serum markers and relevant health outcomes among breast cancer survivors ( BCSs ) receiving a physical activity behavior change intervention compared with usual care .  Methods . This r and omized controlled trial enrolled 28 stage I , II , or IIIA BCSs who were post– primary treatment and not regular exercisers . Participants were assigned to either a 3-month physical activity behavior change intervention group ( ING ) or usual care group ( UCG ) . Intervention included supervised aerobic ( 150 weekly minutes , moderate-intensity ) and resistance ( 2 sessions per week ) exercise that gradually shifted to home-based exercise . Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 3 months . Results . Cardiorespiratory fitness significantly improved in the ING versus the UCG ( between-group difference = 3.8 mL/kg/min ; d = 1.1 ; P = .015 ) . Self-reported sleep latency was significantly reduced in the ING versus the UCG ( between group difference = −0.5 ; d = −1.2 ; P = .02 ) as was serum leptin ( between-group difference = −9.0 ng/mL ; d = −1.0 ; P = .031 ) . Small to medium nonsignificant negative effect sizes were noted for interleukin (IL)-10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and ratios of IL-6 to IL-10 , IL-8 to IL-10 , and TNF-α to IL-10 , whereas nonsignificant positive effect sizes were noted for IL-6 and high-molecular-weight adiponectin . Conclusions . Physical activity behavior change interventions in BCSs can achieve large effect size changes for several health outcomes . Although effect sizes for inflammatory markers were often small and not significant , changes were in the hypothesized direction for all except IL-6 and IL-10
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 ?