Multimodal exercise ameliorates exercise responses and body composition in head and neck cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

• Published in: Supportive care in cancer Vol. 27; no. 12; pp. 4687 - 4695
• Main Authors: Yen, Chia-Jui, Hung, Ching-Hsia, Kao, Chung-Lan, Tsai, Wei-Ming, Chan, Shih-Hung, Cheng, Hui-Ching, Jheng, Wan-Ting, Lu, Yan-Jhen, Tsai, Kun-Ling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Blood Pressure - physiology; Body composition; Body Composition - physiology; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cancer; Cancer patients; Cardiorespiratory Fitness - physiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Complications and side effects; Exercise; Exercise Therapy - methods; Female; Fitness training programs; Head & neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - drug therapy; Head and Neck Neoplasms - physiopathology; Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy; Heart beat; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Male; Medical colleges; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Muscles; Nursing; Nursing Research; Oncology; Oncology, Experimental; Original Article; Pain Medicine; Physical fitness; Physiological aspects; Rehabilitation Medicine; Head and neck cancer; Chemotherapy; Exercise training; Exercise responses; Body composition

Background Studies have found that many chemotherapy drugs will produce multiple side effects and complications in cancer patients, especially in the case of the cardiovascular disease. This study was intended to investigate whether the exercise training intervention could improve the body compositi...