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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD006145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3

Monga 2007.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT; 2 groups, stratified by activity level
Participants 21 patients with prostate cancer due to receive radiotherapy
Interventions Exercise: supervised aerobic exercise (walking on a treadmill), 3 times/week for 8 weeks. 10‐min warm‐up, 30 aerobic, 5 to 10‐min cool down. Target HR = (0.65) (HRmax) + resting HR
Control: usual care
Outcomes Fatigue
Aerobic fitness
Quality of life
Depression
Flexibility
Strength
Notes Methodological quality score: 2
Main purpose of exercise: to prevent fatigue and improve quality of life
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "randomly assigned" but method not described
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