PROSTATE CANCER AND EXERCISE

Prostate cancer and exercise

The American College Sports Medicine recommends aerobic exercise alternating muscle strength endurance work in a healthy psychosocial environment . This general requirement may be extended to patients with cancer. The paper presents a guide to exercise force- resistance adapted to prostate cancer. It includes the features and contraindications of strength training enabling adaptation in cases of fatigue, nausea, cytopenias , metastasis and depression. Attending study the basic elements such as fatigue and quality of life.


Bernat-Carles Serdà Escola Universitària d’Infermeria. Universitat de Girona