SynthesisJournal of sport and health science2022
The effects of resistance training on muscular strength and hypertrophy in elderly cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- A systematic review of the impact of postoperative aerobic exercise training in patients undergoing surgery for intra-abdominal cancers.Techniques in coloproctology · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of exercise by type and duration on quality of life in patients with digestive system cancers: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Pooled it
- Variability in resistance training trajectories of breast cancer patients undergoing therapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Skeletal muscle mass, strength, and physical performance gains are similar between healthy postmenopausal women and postmenopausal breast cancer survivors after 12 weeks of resistance exercise training.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Impact of Hypertrophy-Oriented Resistance Training on Muscle Mass and Quality of Life in Patients with Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer (HY-PANC): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Current protocols · 2026Article
- Effects of exercise interventions on sarcopenia-related outcomes in cancer patients and survivors: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Review
- Cancer survivorship in the Western Pacific: from differences to shared-goals and from challenges to opportunities.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- A rapid review of nutrition and exercise approaches to managing unintentional weight loss, muscle loss, and malnutrition in cancer.The oncologist · 2025Review
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- Role and mechanisms of exercise therapy in enhancing drug treatment for glioma: a review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Opportunities and Challenges for Augmented Reality in Family Caregiving: Qualitative Video Elicitation Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Multisymptom Burden in Cancer Survivors: Benefits of Physical Activity.Exercise, sport & movement · 2024Article
- Time to consider the potential role of alternative resistance training methods in cancer management?Journal of sport and health science · 2023Review
- Incorporating Exercise Training into Cardio-Oncology Care: Current Evidence and Opportunities:JACC. CardioOncology · 2023Review
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- One more rep! The case for resistance training in young cancer survivors.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
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- Exercise-A Panacea of Metabolic Dysregulation in Cancer: Physiological and Molecular Insights.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the most life-threatening comorbidities in elderly cancer patients is cancer cachexia, which is characterized by the ongoing loss of skeletal muscular strength and mass and is also associated with aging. There is a lack of recommendations for optimal resistance training (RT) for those patients. The purpose of this study was to systematically review and quantify the effects of RT on muscular strength and hypertrophy in elderly cancer patients.
methodsFive electronic databases were searched (until January 2020) for studies that met the following criteria: (i) cancer patients aged ≥60 years; (ii) structured and supervised RT intervention for ≥6 weeks; and (iii) measured muscular strength and/or hypertrophy.
resultsThirteen studies (717 participants, average age = 66 years) met the inclusion criteria. RT significantly increased muscular strength (mean effect size = 0.87, 95% confidence interval (95%CI): 0.43-1.32, p < 0.001) and did not significantly induce muscle hypertrophy (mean effect size = 0.09, 95%CI: -0.14 to 0.31, p = 0.45). In subgroup analyses for muscle strength, higher weekly frequency was significantly associated with larger effect size. Egger's test showed no significant publication bias for the 2 outcomes.
conclusionThe results suggest that RT improves muscular strength but does not significantly induce muscle hypertrophy in elderly cancer patients.
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