MOTIVACTION - Study

Motivational Intervention Enhancing Physical Activity In Oncology Patients (MOTIVACTION)

Impact of a 4-week exercise intervention vs. a stress-management-training on physical activity (measured objectively and by questionnaire) of cancer patients of different entities and out-patient regimes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physical activity < 150 minutes /week
• Patients are currently receiving outpatient treatment (acute or maintenance therapy) or finished this therapy not longer than six months ago

Exclusion Criteria:

• Serious Orthopedic limitations
• Serious neurological disorders
• Serious cardiovascular diseases
• Bone metastases
• wound healing / scarring not completed
• Rehabilitation during the next eight weeks