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Effect of a Long-Term Online Home-Based Supervised Exercise Program on Physical Fitness and Adherence in Breast Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Published:2024-05-17 Issue:10 Volume:16 Page:1912
ISSN:2072-6694
Container-title:Cancers
language:en
Short-container-title:Cancers

Author:

Garcia-Roca María Elena¹^ORCID,Catalá-Vilaplana Ignacio²^ORCID,Hernando Carlos³^ORCID,Baliño Pablo⁴,Salas-Medina Pablo¹^ORCID,Suarez-Alcazar Pilar¹^ORCID,Folch-Ayora Ana¹^ORCID,Collado Boira Eladio¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Pre-Department of Nursing, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellon, Spain

2. Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain

3. Sport Service, Department of Education and Specifics Didactics, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellon, Spain

4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Pre-Department of Medicine, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellon, Spain

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to analyze the effect of a synchronous-supervised online home-based exercise program (HBG) during 24 weeks on body composition, physical fitness and adherence compared to an exercise recommendation group (ERG) without supervision with patients undergoing breast cancer treatment. Fifty-nine female breast cancer patients (31 in HBG and 28 in the ERG) undergoing cancer treatments participated in the present randomized clinical trial. The exercise program consisted of a 60 min combined resistance and aerobic supervised exercise session (6–8 points on Borg Scale CR-10, moderate intensity), twice a week during 24 weeks. The exercise recommendation group only received general recommendations to comply with the current ACSM guidelines. Body composition and physical fitness were assessed at baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks of the program. Adherence to the intervention was measured according to the minutes of exercise completed per session during each week. A general linear model of two-way repeated measures showed significant improvements (p < 0.05) in physical fitness that were observed in the home-based exercise group at the baseline, 12-week and 24-week assessments compared to the exercise recommendation group. Adherence was also higher in the home-based exercise group. However, no changes (p > 0.05) in body composition between groups and moments were observed. In this sense, supervised home-based exercise interventions can be an interesting strategy to improve physical fitness and adherence rates in breast cancer patients undergoing treatment.

Funder

Lecadó Foundation

Cathedra of Physical Activity and Oncology José Soriano Ramos Foundation

Cathedra Endavant Villarreal Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/10/1912/pdf

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