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ReviewCritical reviews in oncology/hematology2022

Exercise oncology during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Are virtually supervised exercise interventions a sustainable alternative?

Paola Gonzalo-Encabo, Rebekah L Wilson, Dong-Woo Kang, Amber J Normann, Christina M Dieli-Conwright

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Review in Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Evaluation of a community-based remotely delivered exercise program (2Unstoppable Strong) for women diagnosed with cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  17. The experience of live-remote exercise-perspectives after cancer treatment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paola Gonzalo-EncaboDivision of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Rebekah L WilsonDivision of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Dong-Woo KangDivision of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Amber J NormannDivision of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States.
Christina M Dieli-ConwrightDivision of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: ChristinaM_Dieli-Conwright@DFCI.Harvard.edu.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, new challenges are presented in clinical research settings to increase exercise levels, particularly in vulnerable populations such as cancer survivors. While in-person supervised exercise is an effective format to improve patient-reported outcomes and physical function for cancer survivors, the COVID-19 pandemic limited this form of exercise as a feasible option within research and cancer care. As such, exercise oncology interventions were adapted to home-based instruction. In this review, we examine the current evidence of exercise interventions in cancer populations during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. We identified that group-based virtually supervised home-based exercise was the most used format among exercise oncology interventions during the pandemic. Preliminary results support feasibility and effectiveness of this emerging exercise setting in cancer survivors; however, it needs to be further investigated in adequately designed larger trials. Additionally, we provide recommendations and perspective for the implementation of virtually supervised home-based exercise.

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COVID-19ExerciseExercise TherapyHumansMedical OncologyPandemicsCancerCOVID-19Home-based exerciseTelehealthVirtual supervision

Identifiers

PMID35526668
PMCPMC9069989
OpenAlexW4229018434

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