EXCEL-Punjabi: A Culturally Tailored Exercise Oncology Pilot Feasibility Intervention

EXCEL-Punjabi: Tailored Exercise Oncology for the South Asian Population

The goal of this pilot feasibility study is to explore the feasibility and exploratory effects of a culturally-tailored exercise oncology intervention in Punjabi-speaking individuals of South Asian heritage and their support persons. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. What is the feasibility and acceptability of the EXCEL-Punjabi intervention?
2. What are the exploratory effects (i.e., psychosocial and physical changes) before and after program delivery?

Participants will take part in a 12-week exercise oncology intervention consisting of twice weekly hour long multimodal circuit-based exercise sessions. They will also complete questionnaires and functional fitness assessments pre- and post- intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Punjabi-speaking
• Self-identified as being of South Asian heritage
• over the age of 18
• pre-, post-, or currently receiving cancer treatment or a support person of an individual living with and beyond cancer
• cleared to participate in, at minimum, mild intensity exercise by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• under the age of 18
• not cleared to exercise by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist