Exercise and cancer recovery /

Schneider, Carole M.

Exercise and cancer recovery / Carole M. Schneider, Carolyn A. Dennehy, Susan D. Carter. - Champaign, Ill. : Human Kinetics, 2003. - xi, 219 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of cancer pathology -- Cancer treatment toxicity on physiological systems and the benefits of exercise -- Fundamentals of exercise -- Research and basic guidelines for cancer exercise rehabilitation -- Health and fitness assessment for cancer patients -- Exercise prescription development -- Exercise intervention -- Establishing and managing cancer rehabilitation facilities -- Summation: rehabilitation of the cancer patient.

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Cancer--Exercise therapy.
Cancer--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Cancer--Physical therapy.
Exercise Therapy.
Neoplasms--rehabilitation.
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