Cycling reduces fatigue in cancer patients

According to researchers at the University of the West of England, walking and cycling will increase physical fitness in patients on cancer treatment, helping them to reduce fatigue significantly.

Long-term fatigue in cancer patients is often caused by pain and side effects of treatments, such as chemotherapy, for example. Previous studies only talked about psychotherapy, nutritional counseling and acupuncture as feasible remedies. In this study, researchers from the University of West England found that moderate to moderate exercise is good for cancer patients and is inexpensive and that patients can do it on their own.

Cycling reduces fatigue in cancer patients

Fiona Cramp of the University of West England, along with colleagues, made 38 research papers involving 2,600 people with cancer who did not exercise and exercise. Among these people, the researchers focused primarily on women with breast cancer and also varied exercise, from walking or cycling to weight training or yoga. Exercise duration ranges from twice a week to daily exercise, lasting from ten minutes to two hours. After synthesizing the results, the researchers found that physical activity during and after cancer treatment improved the patient's fitness significantly. In particular, aerobic exercises, such as walking and cycling tend to reduce fatigue more than resistance exercises.

However, according to Cramp, the benefits from exercise may vary for each body and type of cancer. For example, there are good exercise for breast cancer and precedent gland but not for people with leukemia and lymphoma.