Exercise improves cancer-related fatigue

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Exercise and Cancer-Related Fatigue Syndrome

CRF is the most frequently reported symptom affecting up to 90% of cancer patients. CRF is distinguishable from normal tiredness in that CRF symptoms are severe, distressing, and are not relieved by rest or sleep. While the mechanisms and contributing factors that lead to CRF are unclear, good evidence exists for promoting exercise as an intervention to combat CRF. Currently, more than 20 RCTs ...

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Exercise as an intervention for cancer-related fatigue.

C ancer-related fatigue (CRF) has been operationally defined by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) as a “persistent, subjective sense of tiredness related to cancer or cancer treatment that interferes with usual functioning.”1(p309) In people with no known pathology or limitations, fatigue is a universal human experience that is regarded as a basic protective mechanism against the...

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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

سال: 2008

ISSN: 0004-9514

DOI: 10.1016/s0004-9514(08)70030-8