Authors
Sara Mijwel, Malin Backman, Kate A Bolam, Emil Olofsson, Jessica Norrbom, Jonas Bergh, Carl Johan Sundberg, Yvonne Wengström, Helene Rundqvist
Publication date
2018/5
Journal
Breast cancer research and treatment
Volume
169
Pages
93-103
Publisher
Springer US
Description
Background
Advanced therapeutic strategies are often accompanied by significant adverse effects, which warrant equally progressive countermeasures. Physical exercise has proven an effective intervention to improve physical function and reduce fatigue in patients undergoing chemotherapy. Effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in this population are not well established although HIIT has proven effective in other clinical populations. The aim of the OptiTrain trial was to examine the effects of concurrent resistance and high-intensity interval training (RT-HIIT) or concurrent moderate-intensity aerobic and high-intensity interval training (AT-HIIT), to usual care (UC) on pain sensitivity and physiological outcomes in patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy.
Methods
Two hundred and forty women were randomized to 16 weeks of RT-HIIT, AT …
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