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 ?
Effect of exercise on bone structural traits, physical performance and body composition in breast cancer patients--a 12-month RCT.
In this 12-month RCT , we examined whether aerobic impact exercise training ( 3x/week ) could facilitate breast cancer survivors ' recovery by enhancing their bone structural strength , physical performance and body composition . After the adjuvant chemo- and / or radiotherapy , 86 patients were r and omly assigned into the training or control group . Structural bone traits were assessed with pQCT at the tibia and with DXA at the femoral neck . Agility ( figure-8 running ) , jump force and power ( force platform ) , grip strength and cardiovascular fitness ( 2-km walk test ) were also assessed . Training effects on outcome variables were estimated by two-way factorial ANCOVA using the study group and menopausal status as fixed factors . Bone structural strength was better maintained among the trainees . At the femoral neck , there was a small but significant 2 % training effect in the bone mass distribution ( p=0.05 ) . At the tibial diaphysis , slight 1 % to 2 % training effects ( p=0.03 ) in total cross-sectional area and bone structural strength were observed ( p=0.03 ) among the postmenopausal trainees . Also , 3 % to 4 % training effects were observed in the figure-8 running time ( p=0.03 ) and grip strength ( p=0.01 ) . In conclusion , vigorous aerobic impact exercise training has potential to maintain bone structural strength and improve physical performance among breast cancer survivors
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 ?