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 .
Reduced muscle strength and functional performance in men with prostate cancer undergoing androgen suppression: a comprehensive cross-sectional investigation
This study examined the effects of and rogen suppression therapy ( AST ) on upper and lower body muscle strength and a range of direct measures of physical performance using a cross-sectional design with 118 men ( 48 men undertaking AST for prostate cancer and 70 healthy aged-matched controls ) from a single tertiary center . Primary end points included muscle strength for the upper- and lower-body ; functional performance — repeated chair rise , usual and fast 6-m walk , 6-m backwards walk and 400-m walk time ; and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry assessment —whole body , regional soft tissue composition and bone mineral density ( BMD ) . Men on AST  had significantly reduced muscle strength for the upper- and lower-body and impaired functional performance compared to controls ( P<0.05 ) . As expected , AST patients had significantly lower whole-body and hip BMD and higher percent of body fat than controls ( P<0.05 ) , and tended to have lower whole-body lean mass ( −2.3 kg , P=0.077 ) . Appendicular skeletal muscle was positively associated with upper-body ( r=0.400–0.606 , P<0.001 ) and lower-body ( r=0.549–0.588 , P<0.001 ) muscle strength , and strength was related to functional performance . Men undertaking  AST were consistently impaired across a broad range of physical and functional musculoskeletal performance assessment s compared with their age-matched normal controls . These findings are relevant for those patients considering AST for sub clinical disease management , but whose physical reserve is marginal . Strategies to counter these adverse effects of AST need to be initiated so that independent living and quality of life can be maintained
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 .