The effect of a multidimensional exercise intervention on physical capacity, well-being and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-127

  Adamsen, Lis ^a   Quist, Morten ^a   Midtgaard, Julie ^a   Andersen, Christina ^a   Møller, Tom ^a   Knutsen, Lasse ^a   Tveterås, Anders ^a   Rorth, Mikael ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Exercise; Quality of life; Resistance training

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; BLEOMYCIN; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; HYDROXYUREA; IFOSFAMIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TOPOTECAN; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAUSEA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 31044456820     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0864-x     Document Type: Article

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