Breast Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Exercise Therapy, Aquatic Therapy, Health-Related Quality of Life, Cancer-related Fatigue, Exercise Tolerance, Physical Activity
Brief summary
Physical activity and exercise have demonstrated to be an integral part of the cancer-continuum care. Despite strong evidence suggesting that both endurance and strength training should be encourage in cancer patients, there is still controversy regarding exercise dosage, frequency, volume and optimal environment of delivery. In this randomised controlled trial we aim to compare water-based versus land-based exercise in breast cancer survivors to decrease cancer-related fatigue (CRF), improve Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), exercise tolerance, muscle strength and physical activity levels.
Interventions
OTHERWater-based Exercise Group
The intervention consist will of a water-based exercise protocol
OTHERLand-based Exercise Group
The intervention will consist of a land-based exercise protocol
Sponsors
Hospital del Mar
Centre Esportiu Claror Marítim
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
This is an assessor-blind study. Physiotherapist in charge of performing the baseline and post-intervention assessment will be blinded to participants allocation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Breast Cancer patients post cancer treatment (at least for 6 months) * Cancer-free at the time of recruitment * Signed informed consent * Living in the metropolitan area of Barcelona
Exclusion criteria
* Fear of water * Receiving cancer therapy at the time of recruitment * Not willing to participate/Refuse to sign informed consent * Physical of cognitive impairments precluding the patient to perform the exercises
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in Cancer-related Fatigue | Cancer-related fatigue from baseline throughout the study period (24 weeks) | Cancer-related fatigue as measure with the specific subscale found in the EORTC QLQ C30 questionnaire specifically designed for a cancer population |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Exercise Functional Capacity | Exercise functional capacity from baseline throughout the study period (24 weeks) | 6 Minute Walk Test performed accordingly to international guidelines |
| Change in Physical Activity levels | Physical activity levels from baseline throughout the study period (24 weeks) | Physical Activity in METS-hour/week and minutes/week assessed with a triaxial accelerometer (Actigraph wgt3x-bt) |
| Change in Upper Body Strength | Upper body strength from baseline throughout the study period (24 weeks) | Upper body muscle strength measured with a hand-held dynamometer and a handgrip test |
| Change in Lower Body Strength | Lower body strength from baseline throughout the study period (24 weeks) | Lower body muscle strength measured with a hand-held dynamometer (leg extension) and the sit-to-stand test |
| Change in Health-Related Quality of Life | Health-related quality of life from baseline throughout the study period (24 weeks) | HRQoL measured with the EORTC QLQ C30 questionnaire |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed