Trial reportOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2013
Impact + resistance training improves bone health and body composition in prematurely menopausal breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00659906 (Optimizing Body Composition & Health After Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 58 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Optimizing Body Composition & Health After Breast Cancer
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- Which Exercise Prescriptions Improve Physical Fitness in Patients with Breast Cancer Before, During, and Following Treatment? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Sarcopenia interventions targeted at improving muscle health in adults with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Impact of Physical Rehabilitation on Bone Biomarkers in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of exercise on the bone health of people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Resistance Training on Body Composition During and After Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Body weight management in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Moderators of Exercise Effects on Cancer-related Fatigue: A Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2020Pooled it
- Targeting Exercise Interventions to Patients With Cancer in Need: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2018Pooled it
- The effect of exercise on bone mineral density in adult cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018Pooled it
- Physical activity for women with breast cancer after adjuvant therapy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Exercise for improving bone health in women treated for stages I-III breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analyses.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for cognitive impairment due to systemic cancer treatment.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- The effects of resistance exercise on physical performance and health-related quality of life in prostate cancer patients: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2015Pooled it
- The effect of physical exercise on bone density in middle-aged and older men: a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2013Pooled it
- A randomized-controlled trial comparing supervised aerobic training to resistance training followed by unsupervised exercise on physical functioning in older breast cancer survivors.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2022Trial
- Improvements in muscle strength, power, and size and self-reported fatigue as mediators of the effect of resistance exercise on physical performance breast cancer survivor women: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Trial
- Integral strategy to supportive care in breast cancer survivors through occupational therapy and a m-health system: design of a randomized clinical trial.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2016Trial
- Benefits of partnered strength training for prostate cancer survivors and spouses: results from a randomized controlled trial of the Exercising Together project.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2016Trial
- Resistance training reduces disability in prostate cancer survivors on androgen deprivation therapy: evidence from a randomized controlled trial.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2015Trial
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Abstract
unlabelledOur randomized controlled trial in prematurely menopausal breast cancer survivors showed that impact + resistance training prevented increases in percentage of body fat compared with controls and also improved BMD at the hip and prevented BMD loss at the spine among exercise-trained women who were menopausal for >1 year.
introductionCancer treatment-related menopause worsens bone health and body composition in breast cancer survivors (BCS). We investigated whether impact + resistance training could improve bone mineral density (BMD), reduce bone turnover, build muscle, and decrease fat mass in BCS with premature menopause.
methodsWe conducted a randomized controlled trial in 71 BCS (mean age, 46.5 years) within 5 years of treatment-related menopause. Women were randomly assigned to one of two groups: (1) impact + resistance training (prevent osteoporosis with impact + resistance (POWIR)) or (2) exercise placebo (FLEX) 3×/week for 1 year. Outcomes were hip and spine BMD (in grams per square centimeter) and body composition (percent body fat (%BF) and lean and fat mass (in kilograms)) by DXA and bone turnover markers (serum osteocalcin (in nanograms per milliliter) and urinary deoxypryrodinoline (in nanomoles per milliliter).
resultsThere were no significant group × time interactions for bone outcomes when using an intent-to-treat approach on the full sample. In analyses restricted to BCS who were menopausal for ≥1 year, POWIR increased BMD at the hip and slowed BMD loss at the spine compared with FLEX (femoral neck-POWIR, 0.004 ± 0.093 g/cm(2) vs. FLEX, -0.010 ± 0.089 g/cm(2); p < 0.01; spine-POWIR, -0.003 ± 0.114 g/cm(2) vs. FLEX, -0.020 ± 0.110 g/cm(2); p = 0.03). POWIR prevented increases in %BF (POWIR, 0.01 % vs. FLEX, 1.3 %; p < 0.04). Women with attendance to POWIR at ≥64 % had better improvements in %BF than women attending less often (p < 0.03).
conclusionImpact + resistance training may effectively combat bone loss and worsening body composition from premature menopause in BCS.
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