In the authors' words
“Subjects in the fitness center intervention had significantly improved time on treadmill (p = .039), improved heart rate recovery at 1 min (p = .028), greater MET minutes/week (p </= .0001), a trend for improved insulin resistance (p = .067) and stable insulin levels (p = .045) compared to the home based physical activity group.”
What was measured
- Fitness Reported an improvement
- Blood sugar and insulin Mixed results
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Midlife women, breast cancer survivors
- How many
- 154
- How long
- 52 weeks
- Exercise
- Aerobic plus resistance, Walking, General physical activity
- Cited
- 19 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 28803675
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