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. 2012 Aug 15;2012(8):CD008465. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008465.pub2

Moros 2010.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: RCT
Number randomized: 22; 11 to the exercise group and 11 to the control group
Study start and stop dates: not reported
Length of intervention: 18 to 22 weeks
Length of follow‐up: 10 to 15 days after end of the intervention
Participants Type cancer: breast cancer, Stages I to III
Time since cancer diagnosis: not reported
Time in active treatment: not reported
Inclusion criteria:
  • postsurgery

  • scheduled to receive chemotherapy


Eligibility criteria related to interest or ability, or both, to exercise:
  • did not regularly exercise

  • could not exercise


Exclusion criteria:
  • < 65 years old

  • presence of comorbidities, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarticular disease


Gender: female
Current age: age range 38 to 64 years
Age at cancer diagnosis: not reported
Ethnicity/race: not reported
Education level: not reported
SES: not reported
Employment status: not reported
Comorbidities: not reported
Past exercise history: not reported
On hormone therapy: not reported
Interventions 11 participants assigned to the exercise intervention, including:
  • "dynamic aerobic exercise" adapted individually


Type exercise (aerobic/anaerobic): aerobic
Intensity of the experimental exercise intervention: 60% to 70% of determined cardiac HR
Frequency: 3 times per week
Duration of individual sessions: 60 minutes
Duration of exercise program: 18 to 22 weeks
Total number of exercise sessions: maximum of 66 sessions
Format: individual
Facility: facility
Professionally led by investigators
Adherence: 10 participants adhered > 80%
11 participants assigned to control group, including:
  • usual care


Contamination of control group: not reported
Outcomes Outcomes included:
  • functional capacity, assessed using the Karnofsky Scale

  • psychological status, assessed using the General Health Questionnaire

  • global HRQoL, measured using the QLQ‐C30


Outcomes were measured at baseline and postintervention (about 3 months):
  • exercise group: n = 10 at baseline, n = 10 at postintervention

  • control group: n = 7 at baseline n = 7 at postintervention


Subgroup analysis: none
Adverse events: not reported
Notes Country: Spain
Funding: none reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk The generation of the random sequence was not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Whether the treatment assignment was concealed from study personnel and participants was not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk Owing to the nature of the intervention, it was not possible to conceal allocation to the intervention from the participants
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk Study personnel and outcome assessors were not masked or blinded to the study interventions
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes High risk 1 participant withdrew from the exercise group and 4 from the control group and were not included in the analyses
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk There is no evidence of selective reporting of outcomes
Other bias Low risk The trial appears to be free of other problems that could put it at a high risk of bias