American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.
- K. Schmitz, K. Courneya, A. Schwartz
- MedicineMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- 1 July 2010
The roundtable concluded that exercise training is safe during and after cancer treatments and results in improvements in physical functioning, quality of life, and cancer-related fatigue in several cancer survivor groups, sufficient for the recommendation that cancer survivors follow the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
- K. Courneya, R. Segal, D. Mckenzie
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of Clinical Oncology
- 1 October 2007
Neither aerobic nor resistance exercise significantly improved cancer-specific QOL in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, but they did improve self-esteem, physical fitness, body composition, and chemotherapy completion rate without causing lymphedema or significant adverse events.
Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: Consensus Statement from International Multidisciplinary Roundtable
- K. Campbell, K. Winters-Stone, K. Schmitz
- MedicineMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- 1 November 2019
Enough evidence was available to conclude that specific doses of aerobic, combined aerobic plus resistance training, and/or resistance training could improve common cancer-related health outcomes, including anxiety, depressive symptoms, fatigue, physical functioning, and health-related quality of life.
The Home Advantage In Sport Competitions: A Literature Review
- K. Courneya, A. Carron
- Education
- 1 March 1992
A home advantage in sport competitions has been well documented. The strength and consistency of the home advantage has made it a popular phenomenon in sport today. Very little systematic research…
Randomized controlled trial of exercise training in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors: cardiopulmonary and quality of life outcomes.
- K. Courneya, J. Mackey, G. Bell, L. Jones, C. Field, A. Fairey
- MedicineJournal of Clinical Oncology
- 1 May 2003
Exercise training had beneficial effects on cardiopulmonary function and QOL in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors.
An update of controlled physical activity trials in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- R. Speck, K. Courneya, L. Mâsse, S. Duval, K. Schmitz
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of cancer survivorship
- 6 January 2010
Current evidence suggests many health benefits from physical activity during and post cancer treatments, and with few exceptions, exercise was well tolerated during and pre and post treatment without adverse events.
Randomized controlled trial of resistance or aerobic exercise in men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
- R. Segal, R. Reid, Monika E Slovinec D'Angelo
- MedicineJournal of Clinical Oncology
- 20 January 2009
Both resistance and aerobic exercise mitigated fatigue in men with PCa receiving radiotherapy in the short term and generated longer-term improvements and additional benefits for QOL, strength, triglycerides, and body fat.
Effects of exercise on breast cancer patients and survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- M. McNeely, K. Campbell, B. Rowe, T. Klassen, J. Mackey, K. Courneya
- Medicine, PsychologyCanadian Medical Association Journal
- 4 July 2006
Exercise is an effective intervention to improve quality of life, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical functioning and fatigue in breast cancer patients and survivors and larger trials that examine the long-term benefits of exercise are needed for this patient group.
Resistance exercise in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer.
Resistance exercise reduces fatigue and improves quality of life and muscular fitness in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy and can be an important component of supportive care.
Cancer survivors' adherence to lifestyle behavior recommendations and associations with health-related quality of life: results from the American Cancer Society's SCS-II.
- C. Blanchard, K. Courneya, K. Stein
- Medicine, PsychologyJournal of Clinical Oncology
- 1 May 2008
The association between the current lifestyle recommendations and HRQoL in cancer survivors appears to be cumulative and interventions to increase PA and fruit and vegetable consumption and reduce smoking are warranted and may have additive effects on the HRQeL of cancer survivors.
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