Design of the EXercise Intervention after Stem cell Transplantation (EXIST) study: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an individualized high intensity physical exercise program on fitness and fatigue in patients with multiple myeloma or (non-) Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with high dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Persoon, Saskia ^a   Kersten, Marie José ^a   ChinAPaw, Mai J M ^b   Buffart, Laurien M ^b   Burghout, Heleen ^c   Schep, Goof ^d   Brug, Johannes ^b   Nollet, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FysioAlign   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART RATE; HODGKIN DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART RATE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NETHERLANDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 78649718997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-671     Document Type: Article

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