Oncology PT Dr. Leslie Waltke shares a simple at-home exercise to help cancer patients and survivors rebuild strength, balance and mobility. Whether you are in the middle of treatment or years into ...
EXCAP delivered individualized daily step goals, resistance-band training, and activity diaries entirely at home, enabling scalable implementation within routine chemotherapy supportive-care pathways.
Mark Courtney, RRT, has been a respiratory therapist for over four decades. He worked with hospitalized patients with lung cancer for 25 years and now serves as a manager at the HelpLine for the ...
Improving outcomes among cancer patients isn’t as simple as telling them to exercise more. Often, people need support to work up to and stick with a rigorous regimen, said Kathryn Schmitz, an exercise ...
A FITT-based home program (resistance twice weekly; aerobic 3–5 days/week; mobility each session) achieved moderate-to-large effect sizes in HRQOL and fatigue outcomes. Remote supervision using weekly ...
Cancer patients are routinely counseled on chemotherapy and scans, with barely a mention of workouts. Nina Agrawal reports in the New York Times on mounting evidence that structured exercise programs ...
Making exercise part of routine cancer care seems like a no-brainer. Study after study supports it. Guidelines call for it. Surveys show that many patients want their oncologists to discuss it. The ...
A new exercise oncology research clinic at the University of Iowa is helping people dealing with cancer and its aftermath ...
A landmark study suggests physical activity can help cancer patients live longer. Scientists are learning why. Exercise has long been recommended to help lower the risk of developing cancer. Now, ...
A qualitative study of thirteen older patients in China finds that symptom burden, family support, and gaps in post-discharge ...
A new meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials finds that long-term exercise significantly attenuates cardiac ...