%0 Journal Article
%T Physical activity levels in locally advanced rectal cancer patients following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and an exercise training programme before surgery: a pilot study
%A Borislav D. Dimitrov
%A Graham J. Kemp
%A Lisa Loughney
%A Malcolm A. West
%A Michael PW. Grocott
%A Sandy Jack
%J Archive of "Perioperative Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.1186/s13741-017-0058-3
%X The aim of this pilot study was to measure changes in physical activity level (PAL) variables, as well as sleep duration and efficiency in people with locally advanced rectal cancer (1) before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and (2) after participating in a pre-operative 6-week in-hospital exercise training programme, following neoadjuvant CRT prior to major surgery, compared to a usual care control group
%K Rectal cancer
%K Neoadjuvant cancer treatment
%K Physical activity
%K Exercise
%K Prehabilitation
%K Surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5311720/