80
Participants
Start Date
July 1, 2018
Primary Completion Date
February 1, 2020
Study Completion Date
January 1, 2022
Physical exercise program
Frequency: 3 weekly sessions. Intensity of aerobic training: reporting 12-17 in the Borg scale. Time of aerobic training: 10 minutes in the first and second weeks and then 2 added minutes at each 2 weeks. Type of aerobic training: walking and stepping. Intensity of resistance training: without load in the first week and, then, 15 submaximal repetitions. Time of resistance training: 30 minutes. Type of resistance training: using free weights; the lower body exercises will be squat, leg extension, leg curl and calf raise; the upper body exercises will be frontal and lateral arm raise, chest press, seated row and bicep curl.
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho
OTHER
Aveiro University
OTHER
University Institute of Maia
OTHER
Associacao de Investigacao de Cuidados de Suporte em Oncologia
OTHER