| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT; 2 groups, stratified for tumour location |
| Participants |
72 various cancer diagnoses, post anti‐cancer treatment |
| Interventions |
Exercise: supervised stationary bike, 30 mins/per session, 5 days/week. 80% HRmax or 13 to 14 on Borg scale.
Control: relaxation training 45 mins, 3 times/week
Both groups lasted 3 weeks |
| Outcomes |
HRQOL (including fatigue)
Physical performance |
| Notes |
Methodological quality score: 3
Main purpose of exercise: to reduce fatigue severity |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
"Randomisation was carried out using a computer‐generated random number list" |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
"randomisation sequence was concealed until assignment of interventions" |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Blinding not done |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
3 participants dropped out of the study; unclear if intention‐to‐treat analysis was performed |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Fatigue outcome reported |
