In the authors' words
“Short-term exercise training, independently of dosing schedule, is associated with modest improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness in patients previously treated for early-stage breast cancer.”
What was measured
- Fitness Reported an improvement
- Quality of life Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, breast cancer survivors
- How many
- 174
- How long
- 16 weeks
- Exercise
- Aerobic plus resistance, Stretching
- Cited
- 53 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 32065769
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