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A home based, physical activity intervention increased physical activity, fitness, and vigour and reduced fatigue in sedentary women with early stage breast cancer
Pinto BM, Frierson GM, Rabin C, et al. Home-based physical activity intervention for breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2005;23:3577–87.
Q Does a home based, physical activity (PA) intervention improve fitness and wellbeing in sedentary women with early stage breast cancer?
Key Words: breast neoplasms • exercise • quality of life
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Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
{concealed}.*
Blinding:
{unblinded}.*
Follow up period:
12 weeks.
Setting:
Rhode Island, USA.
Patients:
86 women who were 
18 years of age (mean age 53 y) and had been diagnosed with stage 0-II breast cancer in the previous 5 years; had completed surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation; were able to walk 1 mile without assistive devices; and were sedentary (exercised <1 time per wk for 20 min at vigorous intensity or <2 times per wk for 30 min at moderate intensity for the past 6 mo). Women with previous cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer) or a medical or psychiatric illness that would make PA compliance difficult or dangerous were excluded.
Intervention:
43 women were allocated to home based PA, which comprised in-person instruction on exercising at a moderate intensity, heart rate monitoring, and "warming up" before and "cooling down" after exercise; encouragement to gradually increase moderate intensity
McMaster University, School of Nursing
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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