Table 2.
2000-2006 study results summary
| Measure | No. of studies | N |
Baseline |
Post-intervention |
Change |
P | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | 95%CI | ||||
| Cardiorespiratory function | |||||||||
| Bike VO2peak (mL/kg per minute) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 5 | 81 | 23.26 | 2.95 | 25.40 | 2.75 | 2.14 | -4.28 | 0.000 |
| Control | 2 | 36 | 23.10 | 6.08 | 21.95 | 5.30 | -1.15 | -13.98 | 0.284 |
| Bike VO2peak (L/min) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 22 | 1.67 | 0.35 | 1.81 | 0.37 | 0.14 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 19 | 1.6 | 0.36 | 1.63 | 0.35 | 0.03 | - | - |
| Est. Treadmill. VO2peak (mL/kg per minute) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 40 | 30.58 | - | 35.20 | - | 4.62 | - | - |
| Control | 0 | - | - | ||||||
| VO2peak (L/min) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 22 | 1.67 | - | 1.81 | - | 0.14 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 19 | 1.6 | - | 1.63 | - | 0.03 | - | - |
| mCAFT VO2peak (mL/kg per minute) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 82 | 25.7 | 0.28 | 26.45 | 0.49 | -0.75 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 41 | 25.1 | 6.10 | 25.10 | 6.10 | 0.00 | - | - |
| 12-min walk test (m) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 2 | 56 | 1032.35 | 8.98 | 1264.8 | 126.15 | 232.45 | -2428.16 | 0.248 |
| Control | 2 | 37 | 1045.2 | 59.11 | 944.8 | 194.03 | -100.4 | -2424.34 | 0.484 |
| 6-min walk test (m) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 9 | 672.9 | - | 776.03 | - | 103.13 | - | - |
| Control | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 mile walk test (min) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 43 | 17.45 | - | 16.34 | - | -1.11 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 43 | 17.65 | - | 17.85 | - | 0.20 | - | - |
| Body composition | |||||||||
| Body mass (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 9 | 248 | 69.47 | 10.36 | 68.43 | 9.54 | -1.04 | -2.83 | 0.131 |
| Control | 7 | 183 | 75.80 | 6.46 | 76.64 | 6.31 | 0.84 | -2.62 | 0.166 |
| Fat mass (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 4 | 75 | 25.95 | 9.73 | 23.93 | 8.57 | -2.03 | -7.57 | 0.187 |
| Control | 3 | 73 | 32.90 | 8.18 | 33.20 | 6.52 | -0.30 | -8.44 | 0.789 |
| Body fat (%) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 8 | 218 | 33.82 | 8.25 | 32.31 | 8.03 | 1.51 | 0.37-2.66 | 0.017 |
| Control | 6 | 165 | 36.48 | 9.29 | 36.66 | 8.96 | 0.18 | -2.03 | 0.673 |
| Strength | |||||||||
| 1RM UB composite (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 21 | 9.1 | 1.93 | 10.16 | 2.08 | 0.96 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 15 | 8.77 | 1.75 | 8.59 | 1.29 | -0.18 | - | - |
| 1RM UB (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 2 | 67 | 22.63 | 10.15 | 30.23 | 13.39 | 7.61 | -58.33 | 0.187 |
| Control | 0 | ||||||||
| 1RM LB (kg) | |||||||||
| Exercise | 3 | 76 | 99.87 | 31.29 | 133.19 | 57.10 | 33.32 | -141.42 | 0.180 |
| Control | 0 | ||||||||
| Psychosocial Measures | |||||||||
| FACT-G | |||||||||
| Exercise | 2 | 37 | 78.75 | 9.55 | 87.60 | 5.23 | 8.85 | -77.50 | 0.211 |
| Control | 2 | 38 | 83.90 | 6.93 | 82.70 | 9.33 | -1.20 | -43.20 | 0.609 |
| FACT-B | |||||||||
| Exercise | 3 | 47 | 100.3 | 9.30 | 111.03 | 7.42 | 10.73 | -15.37 | 0.027 |
| Control | 2 | 38 | 105.75 | 13.79 | 105.05 | 15.20 | -0.70 | -25.42 | 0.611 |
| SF-36 | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 42 | 76.30 | 0.28 | 94.75 | 8.98 | 18.45 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 41 | 83.50 | - | 102.4 | - | 18.90 | - | - |
| WHO-QOL BREF | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 27 | 8.2 | 0.92 | 8.8 | 0.78 | 0.60 | - | - |
| Control | 0 | ||||||||
| PFS | |||||||||
| Exercise | 2 | 22 | 5.07 | 0.24 | 3.47 | 0.47 | -1.61 | 0.50-4.81 | 0.194 |
| Control | 1 | 10 | 4.87 | 2.50 | 4.62 | 2.50 | -0.25 | - | - |
| SCFS | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 44 | 10.70 | 3.75 | 10.20 | 6.00 | -0.50 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 27 | 10.80 | 0.00 | 13.40 | 5.60 | 2.60 | - | - |
| LAS | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 43 | 42.47 | 23.54 | 27.08 | 21.41 | -15.39 | - | - |
| Control | 1 | 43 | 41.66 | 25.04 | 42.28 | 26.20 | 0.62 | - | - |
| BDI | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 40 | 5.84 | 4.90 | 3.92 | 4.00 | -1.92 | - | - |
| Control | 0 | ||||||||
| HRSD | |||||||||
| Exercise | 1 | 40 | 9.46 | 6.00 | 6.10 | 5.00 | -3.36 | - | - |
| Control | 0 | ||||||||
VO2peak: Peak oxygen uptake; mCAFT: Modified Canadian Fitness Test; UB composite: Upper body combined strength measures; UB: Upper body strength test; LB: Lower body strength test; EORTC: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; FACT-B: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast; SF-36: Short-Form-36; WHO-QOL BREF: The World Health Organization-BREF Quality of Life Instrument; PFS: Piper Fatigue Scale; SCFS: Schwartz Cancer Fatigue Scale; LAS: Linear Analog Scale; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; HRSD: The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; Est. Treadmill VO2peak: VO2peak estimated via submaximal CPET; CPET: Cardiopulmonary exercise test.