Physical Exercise Benefits for Cancer Patients

Cardiorrespiratory fitness

6 minutes walking test was performed in a 50 meter circuit. Meters completed during 6 minutes were recorded.

Time frame: 24 weeks

Strength - Chair Stand (repetitions)

Chair stand test was performed. Number of repetitions performed during 30 seconds was recorded.

Time frame: 24 weeks

Flexibility

Sit and Reach (centimeters): sitted and with stretched legs, the patient has to move a piece of wood on a bench. The centimeters moved by the patients are recorded

Time frame: 24 weeks

Incidence of treatments on quality of live assessed by EORTIC QLQ-C30

QLQ-C30 questionnaire with 30 items was used to record the quality of life of the patients. Each item has a scale from 1 to 4, being 1 the lowest and 4 the highest outcome.

Time frame: 24 weeks

Adherence

Minutes on each training session were recorded to control the adherence.

Time frame: 24 weeks

Rating of perceived exertion

A Borg Scale (1-10) was used to control the intensity of the sessions, being 1 the lowest intensity and 10 the highest intensity.

Time frame: 24 weeks

Strength - Hand Grip (Kilograms)

Hand Grip (kilograms): a dynamometer (Grip Strength Dynamometer, Takker TKK, Tokio, Japón) was used to record hand grip.

Time frame: 24 weeks

Strength - Squat Jump (height in centimeters)

Squat Jump (centimeters): a contact platform (Chronojump Boscosystem, Barcelona, Spain) was used to record the height of the jump in centimeters.