Information de reference pour ce titreAccession Number: | 00005768-199804000-00001.
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Author: | DIMEO, FERNANDO; RUMBERGER, BRIGITTA G.; KEUL, JOSEPH
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Institution: | Department of Rehabilitation, Prevention and Sports Medicine and Department of Haematology and Oncology, Freiburg University Medical Center, 79106 Freiburg i.Br, GERMANY
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Title: | Aerobic exercise as therapy for cancer fatigue.[Article]
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Source: | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 30(4):475-478, April 1998.
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Abstract: | Purpose: Fatigue and impairment of physical performance are common and severe problems of cancer patients. We describe the effect of an aerobic exercise program designed for cancer patients suffering from these symptoms.
Methods: Five cancer patients (4 female, 1 male, age 18 to 55), participated in the training program. Fatigue had been present for a time ranging between 5 wk and 18 months and hindered the patients from carrying out normal daily activities. The training program consisted of walking daily on a treadmill with an intensity corresponding to a lactate concentration of 3 +/- 0.5 mmol[middle dot]L-1 and was carried out for 6 wk.
Results: By the end of the exercise program we observed an improvement in maximal physical performance (from 6.4 +/- 0.4 km[middle dot]h-1 to 7.5+/- 0.9 km[middle dot]h-1, P < 0.05) and maximal walked distance (from 1640 +/- 724 m to 3300 +/- 953 m, P < 0.05). Heart rate and lactate concentration by an equivalent submaximal workload (5 km[middle dot]h-1) were significant reduced (from 138 +/- 21 beats[middle dot]min-1 to 113 +/- 20 beats[middle dot]min-1,P < 0.05, and from 2.6 +/- 1.4 mmol[middle dot]L-1 to 1.3+/- 0.6 mmol[middle dot]L-1, P < 0.05); all patients experienced a clear reduction of fatigue and could carry out normal daily activities again without substantial limitations.
Conclusion: We conclude that an aerobic exercise program of precisely defined intensity, duration, and frequency can be prescribed as therapy for primary fatigue in cancer patients.
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Author Keywords: | AEROBIC EXERCISE; CANCER; REHABILITATION; CANCER FATIGUE.
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Language: | English.
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Document Type: | Clinical Sciences: Clinical Investigations.
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Journal Subset: | Clinical Medicine.
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ISSN: | 0195-9131
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NLM Journal Code: | 8005433, mg8
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