Participants needed for CSU cancer treatment research
29 AUGUST 2012
Researchers at Charles Sturt University (CSU) are seeking post-treatment cancer survivors in the Bathurst area to participate in the CanLift research and exercise program. The research-based resistance exercise program has been developed by Ms Danielle Girard, a PhD student at the CSU School of Human Movement Studies in Bathurst who is an accredited exercise physiologist. Ms Girard said, “The purpose of the CanLift research and exercise program is to provide post-cancer patients an opportunity to participate in a supervised resistance training program that will assist in managing some of the long-term effects of cancer and/or its treatment. It will also provide research data that will help to develop evidence-based guidelines for the prescription of resistance exercise post-cancer.” The program seeks disease-free cancer survivors aged 40 to 70 who are non-smokers and have ceased receiving cancer-related treatments for a minimum of six months. People experiencing post-cancer fatigue are particularly encouraged to become involved, and healthy participants are also required as a comparison group. All exercise sessions will held in the Exercise Physiology and Functional Rehabilitation Clinic at CSU in Bathurst.
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