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 ?
Randomised controlled trial to determine the benefit of daily home-based exercise in addition to self-care in the management of breast cancer-related lymphoedema: a feasibility study
Exercise is considered to be a key aspect of lymphoedema treatment , although there is little evidence for the therapeutic effect of exercise in managing breast cancer-related lymphoedema ( BCRL ) . This small r and omised controlled trial ( RCT ) was design ed to determine the feasibility , prior to undertaking a larger RCT , of research ing a daily home-based exercise programme to treat stable BCRL . An experimental design compared the exercise intervention combined with st and ard lymphoedema self-care to self-care alone over a 6-month period . Twenty-three women with stable unilateral BCRL of ≥10 % excess limb volume ( ELV )  were r and omly allocated to a daily home-based exercise programme and self-care ( n = 11 ) or self-care measures alone ( n = 12 ) . The primary objective was to determine difference in limb volume reduction for the two groups . Secondary objectives were to monitor change in other areas that impact BCRL : quality of life , arm function and range of shoulder movement . All 23 women completed the trial , providing full data for each time point . The intervention group showed a clinical ly and statistically significant improvement in relative ELV at week 26 ( 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) −26.57 to −5.12 ) , whereas the control group improvement crossed the line of no effect ( 95 % CI −17.71 to 1.1 ) . This study demonstrated the feasibility of conducting a RCT of exercise as a therapeutic intervention in the management of BCRL . Although the sample was small , the results support the findings of other exercise studies which have shown trends towards improvement
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 ?