In the authors' words
“When compared with control, the intervention group demonstrated a significant increase in PSQI sleep duration (i.e., fewer hours of sleep/night) (d = 0.73, p = .03).”
What was measured
- Sleep Reported a worsening
- Fatigue Mixed results
- Inflammation Mixed results
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, breast cancer survivors
- How many
- 46
- How long
- 12 weeks
- Exercise
- Walking, Resistance training, Aerobic plus resistance
- Cited
- 47 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 24916951
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