Effects and moderators of exercise on muscle strength, muscle function and aerobic fitness in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.
Maike G SweegersTeatske M AltenburgJohannes BrugAnne M MayJonna K van VulpenNeil K AaronsonGill ArbaneMartin BohusKerry S CourneyaAmanda J DaleyDaniel A GalvaoRachel GarrodKathleen A GriffithWim H Van HartenSandra C HayesFernando Herrero-RománMarie J KerstenAlejandro LuciaAlex McConnachieWillem van MechelenNanette MutrieRobert U NewtonFrans NolletKarin PotthoffMartina E SchmidtKathryn H SchmitzKarl Heinz SchulzGabe SonkeKaren SteindorfMartijn M StuiverDennis R TaaffeLene ThorsenJos W TwiskMiranda J VelthuisJennifer WenzelKerri M Winters-StoneJoachim WiskemannMai J Chin A PawLaurien M BuffartPublished in: British journal of sports medicine (2018)
Exercise interventions during and following cancer treatment had small effects on UBMS, LBMS, LBMF and aerobic fitness. Demographic, intervention-related and exercise-related characteristics including age, marital status, intervention timing, delivery mode and frequency and type and time of exercise sessions moderated the exercise effect on UBMS, LBMS and aerobic fitness.