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 |
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Outcomes | Fatigue Aerobic fitness Quality of life Depression Flexibility Strength |
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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 |