Körperliche Aktivität und körperliches Training in der Rehabilitation einer Krebserkrankung

Translated title of the contribution: Physical activity and exercise recommendations for cancer patients during rehabilitation

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Abstract

AIM OF THE WORK: Cancer and its commonly required continuous and intensive medical treatment have a profound and lasting effect on patients' physical, functional, emotional and social wellbeing. In this context the positive comprehensive effects of physical exercise interventions increasingly prove to be promising. The aim of this review is to derive physical exercise recommendations for patients with cancer, especially concerning aerobic and resistance training during rehabilitation, based on the current literature. In a second step the 3 main cancer types breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer and their distinctive features will be addressed briefly.

METHODS: A hierarchic literature research was conducted using the medical information portal Medpilot. The evaluation system of the "European Society of Cardiology" was applied in order to evaluate the evidence and compile evidence-based exercise recommendations for patients with cancer.

RESULTS: When summing up the current data, physical exercise proves to be efficient, safe and feasible for patients with cancer. Both aerobic and resistance training have a positive influence on a patient's physical, psychological and social level and should therefore be included in every exercise program.

CONCLUSION: While the evidence for breast cancer and increasingly also for prostate cancer is strong, research in colon cancer, for example, is still sparse. In order to create precise recommendations regarding the ideal exercise type and dose for the different cancer types during various treatment phases further high quality studies are necessary.

Translated title of the contributionPhysical activity and exercise recommendations for cancer patients during rehabilitation
Original languageGerman
JournalDie Rehabilitation
Volume53
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)2-7
Number of pages6
ISSN1439-1309
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.02.2014

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