The project is a non-randomized intervention study with group-based physical exercise. Cancer survivors who have participated in the rehabilitation program at the Center for Education and Rehabilitation are included in the study. The cancer and cancer treatment have led to patients struggling with physical, mental and social late effects which prevent them from functioning in everyday life and return to work. The purpose of the project is to investigate whether one municipal group training measure can help to lower the threshold for the user to maintain good exercise habits and return to work / everyday life, as well as the effect on the user's physical form and quality of life and the transition between health level and the body itself measure.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
18 weeks supervised strength and aerobic exercise training.
Helse Bergen,
Bergen, Norway
Objectively recorded physical activity level
Change in objectively recorded physical activity level, measured with the SenseWear ™ Mini Armband (SWA) (BodyMedia Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, USA) as average minutes of moderate- to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change in maximal oxygen uptake measured by VO2max
Change in VO2max, measured by a maximal incremental exercise test on a treadmill, from before training intervention to post training intervention.
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change in maximal strength
Change in 1 repetition maximum strength in upper and lower body measured from before intervention and after completion of the intervention.
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change in quality of life measured by Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)
Change in scores on the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.
Time frame: 18 weeks
Change in fatigue scores using the Chalder Fatigue Questionaire (FQ)
Change in scores on the Chalder Fatigue Questionaire (FQ) from before intervention to after completion of the intervention.
Time frame: 18 weeks
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