PMID- 26869680 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160907 LR - 20210109 IS - 2051-817X (Print) IS - 2051-817X (Electronic) IS - 2051-817X (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Feb TI - A 3-week multimodal intervention involving high-intensity interval training in female cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial. LID - 10.14814/phy2.12693 [doi] LID - e12693 AB - To compare the effects of a 3-week multimodal rehabilitation involving supervised high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on female breast cancer survivors with respect to key variables of aerobic fitness, body composition, energy expenditure, cancer-related fatigue, and quality of life to those of a standard multimodal rehabilitation program. A randomized controlled trial design was administered. Twenty-eight women, who had been treated for cancer were randomly assigned to either a group performing exercise of low-to-moderate intensity (LMIE; n = 14) or a group performing high-intensity interval training (HIIT; n = 14) as part of a 3-week multimodal rehabilitation program. No adverse events related to the exercise were reported. Work economy improved following both HIIT and LMIE, with improved peak oxygen uptake following LMIE. HIIT reduced mean total body fat mass with no change in body mass, muscle or fat-free mass (best P < 0.06). LMIE increased muscle and total fat-free body mass. Total energy expenditure (P = 0.45) did not change between the groups, whereas both improved quality of life to a similar high extent and lessened cancer-related fatigue. This randomized controlled study demonstrates that HIIT can be performed by female cancer survivors without adverse health effects. Here, HIIT and LMIE both improved work economy, quality of life and cancer-related fatigue, body composition or energy expenditure. Since the outcomes were similar, but HIIT takes less time, this may be a time-efficient strategy for improving certain aspects of the health of female cancer survivors. CI - (c) 2016 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of the American Physiological Society and The Physiological Society. FAU - Schmitt, Joachim AU - Schmitt J AD - Rehaklinik am Kurpark, RehaZentren Baden Wurttemberg gGmbH, Bad Kissingen, Germany. FAU - Lindner, Nathalie AU - Lindner N AD - Integrative and Experimental Training Science, Department of Sport Science, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. FAU - Reuss-Borst, Monika AU - Reuss-Borst M AD - Rehaklinik am Kurpark, RehaZentren Baden Wurttemberg gGmbH, Bad Kissingen, Germany. FAU - Holmberg, Hans-Christer AU - Holmberg HC AD - Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Ostersund, Sweden School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Sperlich, Billy AU - Sperlich B AD - Integrative and Experimental Training Science, Department of Sport Science, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany billy.sperlich@uni-wuerzburg.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PL - United States TA - Physiol Rep JT - Physiological reports JID - 101607800 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Breast Neoplasms/complications/*rehabilitation MH - Exercise Therapy/*methods MH - Fatigue/epidemiology/etiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Middle Aged MH - *Quality of Life MH - Survivors PMC - PMC4758922 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer survivors OT - cardiorespiratory fitness OT - energy expenditure OT - exercise OT - rehabilitation OT - sense wear EDAT- 2016/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/13 06:01 PMCR- 2016/02/11 CRDT- 2016/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/13 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/02/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 4/3/e12693 [pii] AID - PHY212693 [pii] AID - 10.14814/phy2.12693 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Rep. 2016 Feb;4(3):e12693. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12693.