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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2016

Randomized pilot trial of yoga versus strengthening exercises in breast cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue.

Daniela L Stan, Katrina A Croghan, Ivana T Croghan, Sarah M Jenkins, Stephanie J Sutherland, Andrea L Cheville, Sandhya Pruthi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Daniela L StanDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Breast Diagnostic Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. stan.daniela@mayo.edu.
Katrina A CroghanCancer Center Clinical Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Ivana T CroghanNicotine Research Program and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Sarah M JenkinsDivision of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Stephanie J SutherlandDan Abraham Healthy Living Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Andrea L ChevilleDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Sandhya PruthiDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Breast Diagnostic Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Mayo Clinic in Florida · USMayo Clinic · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFatigue is one of the most common and bothersome refractory symptoms experienced by cancer survivors. Mindful exercise interventions such as yoga improve cancer-related fatigue; however, studies of yoga have included heterogeneous survivorship populations, and the effect of yoga on fatigued survivors remains unclear.

methodsWe randomly assigned 34 early-stage breast cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue (≥4 on a Likert scale from 1-10) within 1 year from diagnosis to a 12-week intervention of home-based yoga versus strengthening exercises, both presented on a DVD. The primary endpoints were feasibility and changes in fatigue, as measured by the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF). Secondary endpoint was quality of life, assessed by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-Breast (FACT-B).

resultsWe invited 401 women to participate in the study; 78 responded, and we enrolled 34. Both groups had significant within-group improvement in multiple domains of the fatigue and quality of life scores from baseline to post-intervention, and these benefits were maintained at 3 months post-intervention. However, there was no significant difference between groups in fatigue or quality of life at any assessment time. Similarly, there was no difference between groups in adherence to the exercise intervention.

conclusionsBoth DVD-based yoga and strengthening exercises designed for cancer survivors may be good options to address fatigue in breast cancer survivors. Both have reasonable uptake, are convenient and reproducible, and may be helpful in decreasing fatigue and improving quality of life in the first year post-diagnosis in breast cancer patients with cancer-related fatigue.

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AdultAgedBreast NeoplasmsExercise TherapyFatigueFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsQuality of LifeSurvivorsYogaYoung AdultBreastCancerFatigueStrengtheningSurvivorsYoga

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