Move more for life: The protocol for a randomised efficacy trial of a tailored-print physical activity intervention for post-treatment breast cancer survivors

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Short, Camille E ^a   James, Erica L ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^b   Mcelduff, Patrick ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF CONTROL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860609720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-172     Document Type: Article

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