Keogh And Macleod

Introduction Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. In all types of cancer, some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping and spread into surrounding tissues. Cancer is a major health issue around the world. It would be wise exercise for those people that have been diagnosed with cancer. “ Hence instead of dealing the side effects of undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy, regular exercise had been demonstrated to have great health benefits for patients with cancer” (11). There have been many studies out there that test patients with cancer and if exercise helps. In the following study above Keogh and Macleod, during a twenty week program, observed the physical training …show more content…
After the set was completed, the Rating of Perceived Exertion was determined for each subject following the 0 to 10 point scale of exercise resistance during the whole training session. To estimate maximal strength in each exercise, the participant performed about 8 to 12 repetitions. The equation used to estimate 1RM was that by Brzycki. Every subject was evaluated every 15 training sessions in order to monitor the intensity of the exercises and to adjust the training load. The subjects walked 1609 meters as fast as they could without them actually trying to run it or trot it. The prediction of maximum oxygen consumption, or V02 max, was performed during the one mile walk test. The actual evaluation was performed on a running track. Each one hundred meters of the track was marked for heart rate collection. The machine used to evaluate the subjects heart rate was done by the means of a Polar heart rate monitor and the RPE was done for each participant being …show more content…
However aside from the non-significant change in the maximum oxygen consumption, the increase in upper limb muscle strength should help to minimize the hemodynamic response to daily activities for those diagnosed with cancer. Even though there was no correlation between cancer patients and combined training with strength and aerobic exercise, this factor alone should be view as a positive outcome when it comes to increasing the patient’s quality of life and moreover that longer they live by decreasing muscle wasting, fatigue, and energy loss in cancer survivors. It can be concluded that there was no change in the participant’s maximum oxygen consumption. With that being said, while the combined training resulted in an improvement in strength, it did not improve the cancer patient’s aerobic