1. Impact of Rowing Training on Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Female Breast Cancer Survivors
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José Carlos Fernández-García, Juan Gavala-González, Amanda Torres-Pérez, [Gavala-González,J] Department of Physical Education and Sports, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. [Gavala-González,J, Torres-Pérez,A, Fernández-García,JC] Researching in Sport Science: Research Group (CTS-563) of the Andalusian Research Plan, Malaga, Spain. [Torres-Pérez,A, Fernández-García,JC] Department of Didactics of Languages, Arts and Sport, University of Malaga, Andalucía-Tech, IBIMA, Malaga, Spain., This research was funded by the 'Researching in Sport Sciences' research group (CTS-563) of the Andalusian Research Plan., and Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Educación Física y Deporte
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Longitudinal study ,Calidad de vida ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Rowing ,perceived health ,Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans [Medical Subject Headings] ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Cancer Survivors ,IPAQ-SF ,Supervivientes de cáncer ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Longitudinal Studies ,Stage (cooking) ,Total Mastectomy ,Mastectomy ,Water Sports ,rowing ,exercise ,Deportes acuáticos ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Questionnaires [Medical Subject Headings] ,Middle Aged ,Ejercicio físico ,Encuestas y cuestionarios ,Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena::Social Sciences::Quality of Life [Medical Subject Headings] ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Neoplasias de la mama ,Female ,medicine.medical_specialty ,SF-36 ,Physical activity ,Breast Neoplasms ,Article ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Surgical Procedures, Operative::Mastectomy::Mastectomy, Simple [Medical Subject Headings] ,03 medical and health sciences ,Breast cancer ,breast cancer ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies::Longitudinal Studies [Medical Subject Headings] ,Humans ,Diseases::Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Breast Neoplasms [Medical Subject Headings] ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Health Surveys [Medical Subject Headings] ,business.industry ,Breast cancer survivor ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Persons::Persons::Age Groups::Adult::Middle Aged [Medical Subject Headings] ,medicine.disease ,Check Tags::Female [Medical Subject Headings] ,quality of life ,Phenomena and Processes::Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Processes::Movement::Motor Activity::Exercise [Medical Subject Headings] ,Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Surgical Procedures, Operative::Mastectomy [Medical Subject Headings] ,Physical therapy ,business - Abstract
The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine whether a rowing training program improved the quality of life and the physical activity levels in female breast cancer survivors (n = 28) (stage 1–4.54%, stage 2–36.36%, stage 3–54.54%, and stage 4–4.54%), diagnosed 4.68 ± 3.00 years previously, who had undergone a subsequent intervention (preservation 56.53% and total mastectomy 43.47%) and had a current mean age of 52.30 ± 3.78 years. The participants (n = 28) engaged in a 12-week training program, each week comprising three sessions and each session lasting 60–90 min. The short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF) and the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) were also administered. The results showed statistically significant improvements in levels of physical activity and in the dimensions of quality of life. We can conclude that a 12-week rowing training program tailored to women who have had breast cancer increases physical activity levels, leading to improved health status and quality of life.
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- 2021