None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Participation in physical activity (PA) helps relieve side effects of prostate cancer treatment, reduces depression and anxiety, enhances quality of life and importantly, improves prostate cancer (PCa)-specific survival. There are few existing exercise programs to promote and support behaviour change designed specifically for this cohort and the few available are generally not home-based or widely available. The intervention proposed here addresses these challenges in a cost-effective manner.
Interventions
Experimental group is provided with: 1) a Gymstick (Trademark) (a lightweight graphite shaft, with elastic tubing and foot straps that provide resistance and can be used to exercise all of the major muscle groups) ; 2) a 12 week (3 sessions/wk for 30-40min each session) home-based resistance training program incorporating the Gymstick (Trademark), and; 3) A single 60-90min face-to-face consultation with an exercise specialist (at the commencement of the training program) who will demonstrate the
Experimental group is provided with: 1) a Gymstick (Trademark) (a lightweight graphite shaft, with elastic tubing and foot straps that provide resistance and can be used to exercise all of the major muscle groups) ; 2) a 12 week (3 sessions/wk for 30-40min each session) home-based resistance training program incorporating the Gymstick (Trademark), and; 3) A single 60-90min face-to-face consultation with an exercise specialist (at the commencement of the training program) who will demonstrate the exercises to the men and assist them with selection of their starting resistance levels for each exercise.
Sponsors
Associate Professor Erica James
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Greater than or equal to 18 years of age Diagnosis of prostate cancer within the last 3 years (since 2008) Cognitively and physically able to complete required tasks English language ability sufficient to provide informed consent and complete survey items
Exclusion criteria
Less than 18 years of age Cognitively and/or physically unable to complete required tasks English language ability sufficient to provide informed consent and complete survey items
Outcome results
None listed