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 .
Home exercise to improve strength and walking velocity after hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of a home exercise program on strength , postural control , and mobility following hip fracture . DESIGN R and omized controlled trial of 1 month 's duration . SETTING Daily exercise carried out within the subjects ' home environments . PARTICIPANTS Forty-two people 64 to 94 years of age , 35 of whom were living independently in the community and 7 of whom were residing in institutional care . Subjects were recruited on average 7 months after a fall-related hip fracture and r and omly allocated to either the intervention or the control group ( n = 21 each ) . The groups were well matched in terms of medical conditions , medication use , disability , and activity levels . INTERVENTION A " home-based " program of weight-bearing exercise established at a visit by a physiotherapist . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Quadriceps strength , postural sway , functional reach , weight-bearing ability , walking velocity , and self-rated fall risk . The subjects undertook these assessment s at the beginning and end of the trial . RESULTS At pretest , exercisers and controls performed similarly in all tests . At the end of the trial , the intervention group showed significantly greater quadriceps strength in the affected ( hip-fractured ) leg and increased walking velocity . The intervention subjects also improved their weight-bearing ability and reported reduced subjective falls risk . In contrast , there were no significant improvements in any of the test measures in the controls . Within the intervention group , improvements in quadriceps strength were significantly associated with improved performances in the weight-bearing test measures and with increased walking velocity . CONCLUSIONS This exercise program improved strength and mobility following hip fracture . Further research is needed to ascertain whether the extent of this improvement in these fall risk factors is sufficient to prevent falls
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 .