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Adding high-intensity interval training to conventional training modalities: optimizing health-related outcomes during chemotherapy for breast cancer: the OptiTrain randomized controlled trial

Authors: Sara Mijwel, Malin Backman, Kate A. Bolam, Anna Jervaeus, Carl Johan Sundberg, Sara Margolin, Maria Browall, Helene Rundqvist, Yvonne Wengström
Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Year: 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4571-3
Citations: 187

TL;DR

For women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, adding supervised resistance training and high-intensity interval training (RT-HIIT) twice a week for 16 weeks was effective in preventing increases in cancer-related fatigue and reducing overall symptom burden compared to usual care.

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