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Effectiveness of Home-based Exercise in Quality of Life and Physical Fitness in Older Woman in Breast Cancer Treatment

NCT02408133 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2016-09-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of home exercise on quality of life and physical fitness of elderly women with breast cancer patients undergoing cancer treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Home exercise

Will be offered to the group, instructional material (manual exercises) and point you to an exercise routine to be performed independently for range of motion and muscular fitness, using the environmental resources of the same household. A daily frequency in performing this exercise routine is suggested. Also, be given incentives and guidelines for the practice of active commuting (walking) to be accumulated at least 10 to 20 minutes of this activity daily. All control guidelines and training for the use of the exercise manual will be offered through an introductory lecture and subsequent weekly telephone contacts (2 times a week). The participants in this group should fulfill their respective program for a total period of 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, Brazil

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • João Guilherme Bezerra Alves, Doctor · Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira

  • Breno Augusto Bormann de Souza Filho, Graduate · Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira

  • José Roberto da Silva Junior, Master · Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira

  • William Serrano Smethurst, Master · Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira

  • JuremaTelles de Oliveira Lima, Master · Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-02-29

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