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- Title
Resistance Training for Patients with Cancer: A Conceptual Framework for Maximizing Strength, Power, Functional Mobility, and Body Composition to Optimize Health and Outcomes.
- Authors
Champ, Colin E.; Carpenter, David J.; Diaz, Alexander K.; Rosenberg, Jared; Ackerson, Bradley G.; Hyde, Parker N.
- Abstract
There are many benefits to the addition of exercise to cancer treatment and survivorship, particularly with resistance training regimens that target hypertrophy, bone mineral density, strength, functional mobility, and body composition. These goals are best achieved through a series of individualized high-intensity compound movements that mirror functional mobility patterns and sufficiently stress the musculoskeletal system. As a result of adequate stress, the body will engage compensatory cellular mechanisms that improve the structural integrity of bones and muscles, stimulate metabolism and the immune system, optimize functional performance, and minimize mechanical injury risk. The current evidence suggests that application of the above exercise principles, practiced in a safe environment under expert observation, may offer patients with cancer an effective means of improving overall health and cancer-specific outcomes. The following article poses several important questions certified exercise specialists and physicians should consider when prescribing resistance exercise for patients with cancer.
- Subjects
RESISTANCE training; BODY composition; THERAPEUTICS; OBESITY; FUNCTIONAL status; METABOLOMICS; IMMUNE system; MEDICAL screening; CANCER patients; PHYSICAL mobility; BONE density; PATIENT safety
- Publication
Sports Medicine, 2023, Vol 53, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0112-1642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40279-022-01759-z