The lasting effects of resistance and endurance exercise interventions on breast cancer patient mental wellbeing and physical fitness.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is a persisting global burden for health services with cases and deaths projected to rise in future years. Surgery complemented by adjuvant therapy is commonly used to treat breast cancer, however comes with detrimental side effects to physical fitness and mental wellbeing. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine whether resistance and endurance interventions performed during adjuvant treatment can lastingly ameliorate these side effects. A systematic literature search was performed in various electronic databases. Papers were assessed for bias and grouped based on intervention design. RStudio was used to perform the meta-analyses for each group using the 'meta' package. Publication bias and power analyses were also conducted. These methods conform

SUBMITTER: Mok J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8894392 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature