Low Intensity Aerobic Exercise and Active Exercises in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care

Comparison of Low Intensity Aerobic Exercise and Active Exercises on Cancer Related Fatigue in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care

To compare the effect of low intensity aerobic exercise and active ROM exercises on cancer related fatigue and its associated symptoms and quality of life in cancer patients receiving palliative care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• ability to give written consent.
• Diagnosed advance cancer specifically gastrointestinal tract (GIT) cancer, Lung cancer and Breast cancer etc. (stage 2 and 3).
• Intensity of fatigue ≥4 out of 10 on fatigue Numerical Rating Scale in first visit observation
• Survival expectancy more than one month,
• Functional status allowing the participants to participate in the proposed therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anemia (Hb ≤ 8g/dl),
• Existence of other comorbidities causing fatigue (i.e. Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, Heart failure),
• Infection requiring antibodies
• bone metastases,
• thrombocytopenia (<50×109/l),
• myocardial infarction within the past three months
• uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic pressure >95 mm Hg).