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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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Community-based exercise for health promotion and secondary cancer prevention in Canada: protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study.
Margaret L. McNeely,Christopher M. Sellar,Tanya Williamson,Melissa A. Shea-Budgell,Anil Abraham Joy,Harold Lau,Jacob C. Easaw,Albert Murtha,Jeff K. Vallance,Kerry S. Courneya,John R. Mackey,Matthew Parliament,Nicole Culos-Reed +12 more
TL;DR: A 5-year study to evaluate the relative benefit from implementing a clinic-to-community-based cancer and exercise model of care and to answer critical questions on the effectiveness of cancer-specific community-based exercise programming in both the short-term and the long-term.
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Assessing the Validity of a Stage Measure on Physical Activity in a Population-Based Sample of Individuals With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes
Ronald C. Plotnikoff,Sonia Lippke,Melissa L. Reinbold-Matthews,Kerry S. Courneya,Nandini Karunamuni,Ronald J. Sigal,Nicholas Birkett +6 more
TL;DR: The majority of the study hypotheses related to intention and behaviors were confirmed, providing further supportive evidence for the utility of this PA staging measure for the diabetes population.
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A randomised controlled trial of a tele-based lifestyle intervention for colorectal cancer survivors ('CanChange'): study protocol
Anna L. Hawkes,Anna L. Hawkes,Kenneth I. Pakenham,Kerry S. Courneya,Sara Gollschewski,Peter D. Baade,Louisa G. Gordon,Brigid M. Lynch,Joanne F. Aitken,Suzanne K. Chambers,Suzanne K. Chambers +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, a telephone-delivered intervention to improve lifestyle factors and health outcomes for colorectal cancer survivors was presented. But the intervention was not designed for the treatment of colorecal cancer.
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Predicting OptimaL cAncer RehabIlitation and Supportive care (POLARIS): rationale and design for meta-analyses of individual patient data of randomized controlled trials that evaluate the effect of physical activity and psychosocial interventions on health-related quality of life in cancer survivors
Laurien M. Buffart,Joeri Kalter,Mai J. M. Chinapaw,Martijn W. Heymans,Neil K. Aaronson,Kerry S. Courneya,Paul B. Jacobsen,Robert U. Newton,Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw,Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw,Johannes Brug +10 more
TL;DR: The POLARIS consortium will conduct the first individual patient data meta-analyses in order to generate evidence essential to targeting physical activity and psychosocial programs to the individual survivor’s characteristics, capabilities, and preferences.
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Feasibility and efficacy of a 12-week supervised exercise intervention for colorectal cancer survivors.
Christopher M. Sellar,Gordon J. Bell,Robert G. Haennel,Heather Jane Au,Neil Chua,Kerry S. Courneya +5 more
TL;DR: Exercise training was found to be feasible and improved many aspects of health-related physical fitness in CRC survivors that may be associated with improved quality of life and survival in these individuals.