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. 2021 May 5;11:9557. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89021-w

Table 7.

Exercise prescription.

Total cohort Test completed Contraindicated Deferred
At pace Slower self-paced Shorter self-paced Flat self-paced
Cancer survivors (total n per group) 169 88 24 21 9 20 7
Number provided exercise prescription number (%)

Exercise prescription intensitya,b

Number (% column total)

154 (91) 84 (95) 21 (88) 19 (90) 9 (100) 15 (75) 6 (86)
Sedentary 3 0 0 0 0 3c 0
Light 96 41 19 15 9 12 0
Moderate 41 33 2 4 0 0 2
Vigorous 14 10 0 0 0 0 4
Number not provided exercise prescription number (%)

No exercise prescription

Number (% column total)

15 (9) 4 (5) 3 (12) 2 (10) 0 (0) 5 (25) 1 (14)
Consultation required before exercise Rxd 12 4 3 2 0 3 0
Healing required before exercise Rxe 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Declined exercise Rxf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

SEM: standard error of the mean.

aExercise Rx: at pace vs. slower self-paced p = 0.0023, at pace vs. shorter self-paced p = 0.0483, at pace vs. flat self-paced p = 0.0190, at pace vs. contraindicated p = 0.0000, At pace vs. deferred p = 0.0012, Fisher's exact, two-tailed.

bCurrent exercise Hx (Table 2) vs. exercise Rx: total cohort p = 0.0000, at pace p = 0.0000, chi square, two-tailed. slower self-paced p = 0.0001, shorter self-paced p = 0.0002, contraindicated p = 0.0003, Fisher's exact, two-tailed.

cN = 1 balance exercises. N = 1 range of motion exercises. N = 1 activities of daily living only.

dN = 8 cardiac stress test, N = 1 each: exercise-induced cardiac arrythmia, MRI shoulder, Baker's cyst, left upper quadrant pain.

eN = 1 each: onycholysis, surgical incision.

fN = 1 came to clinic for tamoxifen consultation.