Mustian 2009.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods | RCT; 2 group, stratified by diagnosis | |
| Participants | 38 patients with breast or prostate cancer receiving radiotherapy | |
| Interventions | Exercise: home‐based aerobic and resistance training every day for 4 weeks. Target was to increase steps by 5% to 20% each day up to 10,000 steps at a moderate intensity (60% to 70% HR reserve). Plus 11 resistance exercises, increasing repetitions up to 4 sets of 15 with moderate resistance. Control: usual care, requested not to commence formal exercise programme |
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| Outcomes | Fatigue Quality of life Aerobic capacity Strength Body composition Adherence |
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| Notes | Methodological quality score: 2 Main purpose of exercise: to increase aerobic capacity, strength, muscle mass, fatigue and quality of life | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | "randomized, using a randomization scheme with blocks of four", not other details provided |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Blinding not done |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | All participants were accounted for |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Fatigue outcome reported |