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Effects of Pilates exercise on functional capacity, cancer-related fatigue, depression, salivary cortisol and quality of life among colorectal cancer survivors in Klang Valley, Malaysia.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Colorectal cancer survivors
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
Cancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon)
Registration Number
ACTRN12622000163707
Lead Sponsor
niversity Technology MARA
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
36
Inclusion Criteria

1.Malaysian citizen or permanent residents age 18 to 65 years old.
2.Patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of colorectal cancer at Stage I, II and III treated at Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz.
3.Completed all the curative treatment, surgery and chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatment within one year before the study enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Colorectal cancer patients that have developed metastasis and recurrent cancer.
2.Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer as secondary cancer.
3.Colorectal cancer patients who suffer from hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome(s).
4.Have known limitations in Activities of Daily Living (ADL); eating, bathing, getting dressed, toileting, transferring and continence.
5.Diagnosed by specialists with musculoskeletal disorders (osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, scoliosis or lower-back pain), ischemic heart disease and metabolic disorders.
6.Diagnosed by specialists with psychiatric illness, currently using psychiatric medication or receiving treatment for depression.
7.Diagnosed by specialists having chronic fatigue syndrome or currently using medication or receiving treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome.
8.History of neurological disorders (seizures, epilepsy etc.), urological problem (incontinence), abdominal hernia, autoimmune disease (SLE, rheumatoid arthritis).
9.Patients with a colostomy.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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