Breast cancer and physical exercise
Pilot study
Keywords:
Cáncer de mama, Ejercicio específico, Calidad de vida, Mejora física Breast cancer, Specific exercise, Quality of life, Physical improvements Câncer de mama, Exercício específico, Qualidade de vida, Melhora física
Abstract
Objective. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in occidental women. It presents a very high survival with a lot of side effect produced by the treatments, what affect to these women quality of life. Our goal is to know the effect of a guide exercise program on quality of life of breast cancer women.
Methods. This program consisted in 24 classes and it was developed in the faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Science (UPM). 31 women were studied.
Results. They showed an increase in their quality of life (p = 0.034), and in different psychological aspects as depression (p = 0.029 y p = 0.003) and self-esteem (p = 0.018 y p = 0.015). Also a positive change was observed in the global strength (p = 0.009) and in the functional capacity (p = 0.005).
Conclusion. These results suggest that could exist an association between regular exercise programs with improvements in quality of life in women with breast cancer.
Published
2018-04-29
