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The effect of exercise on fatigue and physical functioning in breast cancer patients during and after treatment and at 6 months follow-up: A meta-analysis
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide. Exercise interventions may improve physical and psychological factors during and after active breast cancer treatment. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the current knowledge regarding the efficacy of physical exercise with respect to fatigue and self-reported physical functioning. Systematic searches in Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, Cinahl, PsycINFO, AMED and PEDro. After assessing the quality of the studies, we identified 25 randomized controlled trials that included 3418 breast cancer patients. An increase in physical functioning and a decrease in fatigue were observed after a physical exercise intervention, with an SMD of 0.27 (0.12, 0.41) and -0.32 (-0.49, - 0.14), respectively. There were slightly higher improvements in physical functioning and fatigue when the patients received the intervention after adjuvant breast cancer treatment. The 6-month follow-up data showed a small favourable difference for the physical exercise group for both physical functioning and fatigue. This systematic review found that an exercise intervention program can produce short-term improvements in physical functioning and can reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients. However, more studies are needed to confirm the time-dependent observations in this study.
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- Authors
- Juvet, L. K., Thune, I., Elvsaas, I. K. Ø., Fors, E. A., Lundgren, S., Bertheussen, G., Leivseth, G., & Oldervoll, L. M.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Juvet, L.K.
- Venue
- The Breast
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 33
- Pages
- 166-177
- ISSN
- 0960-9776 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2606401761
- Cited by
- 288
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The Breast (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Women's cancer prevention and management
- Keywords
- breast cancer, exercise intervention, fatigue, physical function, cancer survivorship, exercise therapy, follow-up outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Long Term Adverse Effects, Adult, Breast Neoplasms, Exercise Therapy, Fatigue, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Exercise, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Treatment Outcome
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