RT Journal Article
T1 Effectiveness of an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training for improving germ cell cancer-related fatigue in men undergoing chemotherapy: EFICATEST study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
A1 Carabantes, Francisco
A1 Caracuel, Zaira
A1 Conejo, Inmaculada
A1 Alba-Conejo, Emilio
K1 Enfermos de cáncer - Rehabilitación
K1 Cáncer - Complicaciones y secuelas
K1 Ejercicio físico
K1 Quimioterapia
K1 Fatiga (Fisiología)
AB Background: Patients with testicular germ cell cancer (GCC) have a high cure rate; however, cancer-related fatigue is the most common complication among patients with GCC undergoing treatment with chemotherapy. Although exercise is widely recommended, information about the physio-pathological effects of cancer therapy on skeletal muscle is very limited. Our aim is to evaluate the effects of an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training on cancer-related fatigue.Methods/design: The present study is a randomized controlled trial comparing an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training compared to a control group. We will conduct this trial in patients undergoing chemotherapy, recruited by the Department of Oncology of Virgen de la Victoria Hospital (Málaga). Patients will be included and evaluated before the first cycle of chemotherapy and assigned randomly to the experimental or control group. Cancer-related fatigue, physical condition and biological samples will be measured at the beginning and at the end of an 8-week intervention by the same evaluator, who will be unaware of the allocation of participants to each group. Furthermore, there will be monitoring for 6 months (24 weeks) after training for all outcome variables.Discussion: This study hopes to offer patients with GCC an individualized exercise program with aerobic training for cancer-related fatigue. Such a scheme, if beneficial, could be implemented successfully within public health.
PB BMC
YR 2016
FD 2016-01-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37819
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37819
LA eng
NO Cuesta-Vargas AI, Carabantes F, Caracuel Z, Conejo I, Alba E. Effectiveness of an individualized program of muscular strength and endurance with aerobic training for improving germ cell cancer-related fatigue in men undergoing chemotherapy: EFICATEST study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Jan 5;17:8. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1143-x. PMID: 26732120; PMCID: PMC4702371.
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