Groeneveldt, L;
Mein, G;
Garrod, R;
Jewell, AP;
Van Someren, K;
Stephens, R;
D'Sa, SP;
(2013)
A mixed exercise training programme is feasible and safe and may improve quality of life and muscle strength in multiple myeloma survivors.
BMC Cancer
, 13
, Article 31. 10.1186/1471-2407-13-31.
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Abstract
Exercise programmes are beneficial for cancer patients however evidence is limited in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), a cancer that is characterised by osteolytic bone disease, giving rise to high levels of bone morbidity including fractures and bone pain.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A mixed exercise training programme is feasible and safe and may improve quality of life and muscle strength in multiple myeloma survivors |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2407-13-31 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-13-31 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | PMCID: PMC3584898 © 2013 Groeneveldt et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Aged, Exercise Therapy, Feasibility Studies, Female, Focus Groups, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Myeloma, Muscle Strength, Muscle Stretching Exercises, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Quality of Life, Survivors |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1403493 |
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