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 .
Sit-to-stand as home exercise for mobility-limited adults over 80 years of age--GrandStand System may keep you standing?
PURPOSE To compare the effects of functional home exercise of repeated sit-to-st and s with low-intensity progressive resistance training , on performance measures in mobility-limited adults over 80 years of age . SETTING Participants ' homes . DESIGN Community-dwelling older adults > or = 80 years of age were invited to participate in a r and omised controlled clinical trial . Baseline and outcome measures were : comfortable gait velocity , 30-s chair-st and test , 15-s step test , Berg Balance Scale , Modified Falls Efficacy Scale and the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument-function component . Participants r and omised to the intervention group performed repeated sit-to-st and s using a Gr and St and System ; a biofeedback device that recorded and displayed the number of repetitions performed . Participants r and omised to the control group performed knee extensions using ankle cuff weights . Both groups performed the exercises daily for 6 weeks . RESULTS Sixty-six older adults took part . The intervention group had a statistically significant improvement in Berg Balance Scale mean score , 1.67 + /- 2.64 points , P = 0.001 ( control group 0.73 + /- 3.63 points , P = 0.258 ) , indicating an improvement in balance over the 6-week exercise period . There was no statistically significant effect of either intervention on the other outcome measures . CONCLUSIONS In a highly variable population of older adults with mobility limitations , low-intensity functional home exercise of repeated sit-to-st and s using the Gr and St and System improved Berg Balance Scale score while low-intensity progressive resistance training did not . While statistically significant , the improvement in Berg Balance Scale score was modest raising the issue of what extent of change in score is clinical ly significant in this population
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 .