Physical Activity during Cancer Treatment (PACT) Study: Design of a randomised clinical trial

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Velthuis, Miranda J ^a,b   May, Anne M ^b   Koppejan Rensenbrink, Ria A G ^a   Gijsen, Brigitte C M ^c   van Breda, Eric ^d,e   de Wit, G Ardine ^b,f   Schröder, Carin D ^g,h   Monninkhof, Evelyn M ^b   Lindeman, Eline ^g,i   van der Wall, Elsken ^b   Peeters, Petra H M ^b  

^a Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Centre   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g Rehabilitation Center De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^h SOMT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954850936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-272     Document Type: Article

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