Benefits of supervised group exercise programme for women being treated for early stage breast cancer: Pragmatic randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7592, 2007, Pages 517-520

  Mutrie, Nanette ^a   Campbell, Anna M ^a   Whyte, Fiona ^b   McConnachie, Alex ^b   Emslie, Carol ^c   Lee, Laura ^a   Kearney, Nora ^d   Walker, Andrew ^b   Ritchie, Diana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947507103     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39094.648553.AE     Document Type: Article

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