The effectiveness of exercise interventions for improving health-related quality of life from diagnosis through active cancer treatment

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E33-E53

  Mishra, Shiraz I ^a   Scherer, Roberta W ^b   Snyder, Claire ^b   Geigle, Paula ^c   Gotay, Carolyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Exercise; Fatigue; Health status; Physical activity; Quality of life; Resistance training; Survivors; Yoga

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920383464     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.E33-E53     Document Type: Article

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