Five-year follow-up results of aerobic and impact training on bone mineral density in early breast cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: A 12-month exercise program reversibly prevented hip bone loss in premenopausal women with early breast cancer. The bone-protective effect was maintained for 2 years after the end of the program but was lost thereafter.

Purpose

Breast cancer survivors are at an increased risk for osteoporosis and fracture. This 5-year follow-up of a randomized impact exercise intervention trial evaluated the maintenance of training effects on bone among breast cancer patients.

Methods

Five hundred seventy-three early breast cancer patients aged 35-68 years and treated with adjuvant therapy were allocated into a 12-month exercise program or a control group. Four hundred forty-four patients (77%) were included in the 5-year analysis. The exercise intervention comprised weekly supervised step ae

SUBMITTER: Vehmanen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7929955 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature