Effects of exercise in patients treated with stem cell transplantation for a hematologic malignancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 682-690

  Persoon, Saskia ^a   Kersten, Marie José ^a   van der Weiden, Karen ^b   Buffart, Laurien M ^b   Nollet, Frans ^a   Brug, Johannes ^b   Chinapaw, Mai J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Physical exercise; Physical fitness; Quality of life; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84878933598     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: 15321967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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