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Study aim
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evaluate the effect of an 10-week aerobic exercise on cardiac function among overweight female breast cancer survivors
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Design
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In this experimental study, the study population will be consisted of women with breast cancer admitted to Omid Hospital, Isfahan, Iran. Twenty five patients (age range: 30-55 years) wil randomly assign to one of the two groups of exercise (n= 15) and control (n= 10).samples wil be selected using sample size formula .
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Settings and conduct
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After evaluating body composition,cardiac function of the subjects and then aerobic exercise program will be performed with an intensity of (40-75) of maximal heart rate, and included warming up, main program is the coordination between arm and leg movements and the cooling. then number of block the time and intensity to reach the appropriate time will be added.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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lack of regular physical activity,lack of smoking history,lack of other symptomatic diseases such as hypertension, overweight, history of surgery, chemotherapy and diagnosed at the same stage of the disease.
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Intervention groups
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In this study , the subjects will be divided into two groups of exercise and control. The control group was selected because of study is pre-test and post-test, and the requirement that that the effect of exercise on cardiac function in patients who did excersice and patients didn,t have any activity and we could compare it.
The main intervention is a ten-weeks regular exercise program that it,s aime is observing the effect of exercise activity on improving cardiac function on overweight female breast cancer survivors
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Main outcome variables
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Exerciseimprove the cardiovascular and respiratory systems’ functions, strength, fatigue, depression and quality of life of the patient. with participating of Patients in the regular exercise can improve physiological, psychological and functional parameters.