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Kerry S. Courneya
Researcher at University of Alberta
Publications - 638
Citations - 55786
Kerry S. Courneya is an academic researcher from University of Alberta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 112, co-authored 608 publications receiving 49504 citations. Previous affiliations of Kerry S. Courneya include American Cancer Society & Dalhousie University.
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Effects of strength training on body composition, physical functioning, and quality of life in prostate cancer patients during androgen deprivation therapy.
Tormod S. Nilsen,Truls Raastad,Eva Skovlund,Kerry S. Courneya,Carl W. Langberg,Wolfgang Lilleby,Sophie D. Fosså,Lene Thorsen +7 more
TL;DR: In summary, high-load strength training improved LBM in extremities and physical functioning, but had no effect on fat mass, aBMD, or HRQOL in PCa patients on ADT.
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Weight management and physical activity throughout the cancer care continuum
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried,Kathryn H. Schmitz,Catherine M. Alfano,Jennifer R Bail,Pamela J. Goodwin,Cynthia A. Thomson,Don W. Bradley,Kerry S. Courneya,Christie A. Befort,Crystal S. Denlinger,Jennifer A. Ligibel,William H. Dietz,Melinda R. Stolley,Melinda L. Irwin,Marcas M. Bamman,Caroline M. Apovian,Bernardine M. Pinto,Kathleen Y. Wolin,Rachel M. Ballard,Andrew J. Dannenberg,Elizabeth G. Eakin,Matt Longjohn,Susan D. Raffa,Lucile L. Adams-Campbell,Joanne S. Buzaglo,Sharyl J. Nass,Greta M. Massetti,Erin Balogh,Elizabeth S. Kraft,Anand K. Parekh,Darshak M. Sanghavi,G. Stephen Morris,Karen Basen-Engquist +32 more
TL;DR: In a recent National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workshop entitled, "Incorporating Weight Management and Physical Activity Throughout the Cancer Care Continuum" as discussed by the authors, the authors summarized the key topics addressed in a recent NEMS workshop entitled "Weight management and physical activity throughout the cancer care continuum." Discussions related to body weight and PA among cancer survivors included: 1) current knowledge and gaps related to health outcomes; 2) effective intervention approaches; 3) addressing the needs of diverse populations of cancer survivors; 4) opportunities and challenges of workforce, care coordination,
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Predictors of adherence and contamination in a randomized trial of exercise in colorectal cancer survivors
Kerry S. Courneya,Christine M. Friedenreich,H. Arthur Quinney,Anthony Fields,Lee W. Jones,Adrian Fairey +5 more
TL;DR: Examination of predictors of exercise adherence and exercise contamination in a randomized controlled trial of home‐based exercise in colorectal cancer survivors found that baseline exercise stage of change and baseline exerciseStage of change explained 29.9% of the variance in exercise contamination.
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Diabetes NetPLAY: A physical activity website and linked email counselling randomized intervention for individuals with type 2 diabetes
TL;DR: Web-based interventions for individuals with type 2 diabetes are feasible and show promise for improving positive physical activity outcomes.
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Exercise as rehabilitation for cancer patients.
TL;DR: Exercise appears to improve breast cancer patients' physiologic and psychologic well being; however, the research studies reviewed here have numerous methodologic limitations and these results must be considered as preliminary evidence only.