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 ?
Randomized controlled trial of resistance or aerobic exercise in men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
PURPOSE Radiotherapy for prostate cancer ( PCa ) may cause unfavorable changes in fatigue , quality of life ( QOL ) , and physical fitness . We report results from the Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy and Exercise Versus Normal Treatment study examining the effects of 24 weeks of resistance or aerobic training versus usual care on fatigue , QOL , physical fitness , body composition , prostate-specific antigen , testosterone , hemoglobin , and lipid levels in men with PCa receiving radiotherapy . PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 2003 and 2006 , we conducted a r and omized controlled trial in Ottawa , Canada , where 121 PCa patients initiating radiotherapy with or without and rogen deprivation therapy  were r and omly assigned to usual care ( n = 41 ) , resistance ( n = 40 ) , or aerobic exercise ( n = 40 ) for 24 weeks . Our primary end point was fatigue assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Fatigue scale . RESULTS The follow-up assessment rate for our primary end point of fatigue was 92.6 % . Median adherence to prescribed exercise was 85.5 % . Mixed-model repeated measures analyses indicated both resistance ( P = .010 ) and aerobic exercise ( P = .004 ) mitigated fatigue over the short term . Resistance exercise also produced longer-term improvements ( P = .002 ) . Compared with usual care , resistance training improved QOL ( P = .015 ) , aerobic fitness ( P = .041 ) , upper- ( P < .001 ) and lower-body ( P < .001 ) strength , and triglycerides ( P = .036 ) , while preventing an increase in body fat ( P = .049 ) . Aerobic training also improved fitness ( P = .052 ) . One serious adverse event occurred in the group that performed aerobic exercise . CONCLUSION In the short term , both resistance and aerobic exercise mitigated  fatigue in men with PCa receiving radiotherapy  . Resistance exercise generated longer-term improvements and additional benefits for QOL , strength , triglycerides , and body fat
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 ?