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ArticleCancer management and research2018

Behavior change techniques for increasing physical activity in cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Emily Finne, Melanie Glausch, Anne-Kathrin Exner, Odile Sauzet, Friederike Stölzel, Nadja Seidel

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05252780 ("My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice"), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

NCT05252780 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

"My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice": a Community Dance Intervention Engaging Breast Cancer Survivors in Physical Activity in a Middle-income Country

TypeinterventionalSponsorOlga Lucia SarmientoRan2019 to 2020Enrolled64ConditionsPhysical Inactivity, Breast CancerArmsMy Body, My Rhythm, My Voice
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Long-term effects of exercise interventions on physical activity in breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  16. Experiences of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer participating in a supervised exercise intervention during chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily FinneSchool of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, emily.finne@uni-bielefeld.de.
Melanie GlauschUniversity Cancer Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Anne-Kathrin ExnerSchool of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, emily.finne@uni-bielefeld.de.
Odile SauzetSchool of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, emily.finne@uni-bielefeld.de.
Friederike StölzelUniversity Cancer Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Nadja SeidelUniversity Cancer Center, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Bielefeld University · DEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to investigate how physical activity (PA) can be effectively promoted in cancer survivors. The effect of PA-promoting interventions in general, behavior change techniques (BCTs), and further variables as moderators in particular are evaluated.

methodsThis study included randomized controlled trials of lifestyle interventions aiming at an increase in PA that can be carried out independently at home, published by December 2016, for adults diagnosed with cancer after completion of the main treatment. Primary outcomes were subjective and objective measures of PA prior to and immediately after the intervention. Meta-analysis and meta-regression were used to estimate effect sizes (ES) in terms of standardized mean differences, variation between ES in terms of heterogeneity indices (I

resultsThis study included 30 studies containing 45 ES with an overall significant small positive effect size of 0.28 (95% confidence interval=0.18-0.37) on PA, and I

conclusionCertain BCTs were associated with an increase of PA in cancer survivors. Interventions relying on BCTs congruent with (social) learning theory such as using prompts and rewards could be especially successful in this target group. However, large parts of between-study heterogeneity in ES remained unexplained. Further primary studies should directly compare specific BCTs and their combinations.

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