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. 2018 Oct-Dec;5(4):383–390. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_21_18

Table 1.

Interventions in the Nutrition and Exercise Treatment for Advanced Cancer program

Sessions (time allocation) Interventions
T1 point (baseline)

Nutritional session (30 min) Nutritional advice
ONS prescription*
Exercise session
(30 min in each program)
Home-based resistance training
 Prescription of exercise program
 Instruction of exercise procedures
 Education on self-modification
Physical activity promotive counseling
 Prescription of target daily step
 Physical activity counseling
 Education on fall prevention

T2 point (4±2 weeks after baseline)

Nutritional session (20 min) Nutritional advice
ONS prescription
Exercise session
(20 min in each program)
Home-based resistance training
 Modification of exercise program
 Education of self-modification
Physical activity promotive counseling
 Modification of target daily step
 Physical activity counseling
 Education on fall prevention

T3 point (8±2 weeks after baseline)

Nutritional session (20 min) Nutritional advice
Exercise session
(20 min in each program)
Home-based resistance training
 Modification of exercise program
 Education on self-modification
Physical activity promotive counseling
 Modification of target daily step
 Physical activity counseling
 Education on fall prevention

*A branched-chain amino acid-rich ONS (Inner Power®, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan) was provided one pack daily for 8 weeks. ONS: Oral nutritional supplement