Better exercise adherence after treatment for cancer (BEAT Cancer) study: Rationale, design, and methods

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-137

  Rogers, Laura Q ^a   McAuley, Edward ^b   Anton, Philip M ^c   Courneya, Kerry S ^d   Vicari, Sandra ^a   Hopkins Price, Patricia ^a   Verhulst, Steven ^a   Mocharnuk, Robert ^a   Hoelzer, Karen ^e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Springfield Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Exercise; Oncology; Predictors; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STAFF TRAINING; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855398279     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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