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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2015

The Effects of Resistance Training on Physical Function and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Emily Simonavice, Pei-Yang Liu, Jasminka Z Ilich, Jeong-Su Kim, Bahram H Arjmandi, Lynn B Panton

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Resistance exercise and breast cancer-related lymphedema-a systematic review update and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  6. Effects of resistance exercise in women with or at risk for breast cancer-related lymphedema.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emily SimonaviceSchool of Health and Human Performance, Georgia College and State University, Campus Box 112, Milledgeville, GA 31061, USA. Emily.simonavice@gcsu.edu.
Pei-Yang LiuSchool of Nutrition and Dietetics, The University of AkronSchrank Hall South 210M, Akron, OH 44325, USA. liu4@uakron.edu.
Jasminka Z IlichDepartment of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. jilichernst@fsu.edu.
Jeong-Su KimDepartment of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. jkim6@fsu.edu.
Bahram H ArjmandiCenter for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging, Florida State University, 0412 Sandals Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. barjmandi@fsu.edu.
Lynn B PantonDepartment of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA. lpanton@fsu.edu.
Florida State University · USGeorgia College & State University · USUniversity of Akron · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer survivors (BCS) exhibit decreased physical function and quality of life (QOL) following cancer treatments. Resistance training (RT) may elicit positive changes in physical and mental well-being. This study assessed 27 BCS, pre-and post-intervention (six months) on the following variables: muscular strength (via one repetition maximum (1RM) of chest press and leg extension), physical function (via the Continuous Scale-Physical Functional Performance test) and QOL (via the Short Form-36 survey). RT consisted of two days/week of ten exercises including two sets of 8-12 repetitions at 52%-69% of their 1RM. A repeated measures analysis of variance revealed BCS significantly (p < 0.05) increased upper (71 ± 22 to 89 ± 22 kg) and lower body (74 ± 18 to 93 ± 24 kg) strength, total physical function (65.5 ± 12.1 to 73.6 ± 12.2 units) and the subcomponents of physical function: upper body strength (63.5 ± 16.3 to 71.2 ± 16.8 units), lower body strength (58.5 ± 14.9 to 68.6 ± 16.3 units), balance and coordination (66.5 ± 12.2 to 74.6 ± 11.6 units), and endurance (67.2 ± 12.0 to 75.0 ± 11.6 units). No changes were observed over time for subjective measures of physical function and QOL. Results showed RT could be an effective means to improve objective physical function in BCS. Further research is needed to clarify the effects of RT on subjective physical function and QOL.

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breast cancer survivorsphysical functionquality of liferesistance training

Identifiers

PMID27417791
PMCPMC4939569
OpenAlexW2117283530

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