| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT; 2 groups, stratification by type of adjuvant cancer therapy |
| Participants |
22 breast cancer patients post‐surgery, receiving therapy. Not exercising vigorously 3 times/week for 20 mins or more |
| Interventions |
Exercise: supervised, 2 times/week for 12 weeks. Warm up, 10 to 20 mins of various exercises, cool down. Approximate 60% to 75% age‐adjusted HRmax.
Control: no intervention until week 12 |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life
Fatigue
Physical activity levels |
| Notes |
Methodological quality score: 3
Main purpose of exercise: to improve quality of life |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
"randomly allocated by computer‐generated numbers" |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not stated |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Blinding not done |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
All participants were accounted for |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Fatigue outcome reported |
