The Claim
Resistance training for 12 weeks improves 400-meter walk performance and chair rise time in patients with pancreatic cancer cachexia, reducing walk time from 270.3 to 256.9 seconds and chair rise time from 13.82 to 12.53 seconds, compared to minimal change in control groups.
What the research says
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In patients with pancreatic cancer cachexia, 12 weeks of resistance training reduces the time needed to walk 400 meters and to rise from a chair, compared to no significant change in those who did not perform resistance training.
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Resistance training improves 400-meter walk performance and chair rise time in patients with pancreatic cancer cachexia after 12 weeks, reducing walk time from 270.3 to 256.9 seconds and chair rise from 13.82 to 12.53 seconds, compared to minimal change in controls.
Strength training makes muscles stronger and more efficient at contracting, which lets a person walk faster and stand up from a chair more quickly.
What the research says
1 studyPeople with pancreatic cancer who did strength training for 12 weeks got stronger and could walk faster and stand up from a chair quicker than those who didn't train.
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