Effects of physical exercise on cognitive function of breast cancer survivors receiving chemotherapy: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Cognitive impairment has a great negative impact on quality of life for breast cancer survivors. Emerging evidence suggested that physical exercise can improve cognitive function in order adults with Alzheimer's disease. However, less is known about the effects of physical exercise on cognitive...

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Published in:Breast (Edinburgh) 2022-06, Vol.63, p.113-122
Main Authors: Ren, Xiaohan, Wang, Xiaoqin, Sun, Jiaru, Hui, Zhaozhao, Lei, Shuangyan, Wang, Caihua, Wang, Mingxu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy
Cancer Survivors
Cognition
Cognitive function
Executive function
Exercise - psychology
Female
Humans
Meta-analysis
Physical exercise
Quality of Life
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Review
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Summary:Cognitive impairment has a great negative impact on quality of life for breast cancer survivors. Emerging evidence suggested that physical exercise can improve cognitive function in order adults with Alzheimer's disease. However, less is known about the effects of physical exercise on cognitive function for breast cancer survivors. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the effect of physical exercise on cognitive function in breast cancer survivors. EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science and PubMed were searched from the establishment of the databases to June 2021. Randomized controlled trials were included. All analysis were conducted using the Revman 5.3. 12 studies (936 participants) indicated that exercise improved self-reported cognitive function (MD 10.12, 95% CI [5.49,14.76], p 
ISSN:0960-9776
1532-3080
DOI:10.1016/j.breast.2022.03.014