Kerry S. Courneya

TL;DR: It is concluded that a home‐based, moderate intensity exercise program may im‐prove QOL in cancer survivors beyond the benefits of GP, particularly in relation to physical and functional well‐being.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between personality and exercise behavior, motives, barriers and preferences, and found that extraversion and conscientiousness were positively related whereas neuroticism was negatively related to exercise behavior.

TL;DR: It was concluded that cancer treatment has a negative impact on exercise levels and that those previously active individuals who fail to reinitiate exercise after cancer treatment experience the lowest QOL 1 to 4 years later.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and validated a three-factor subjective exercise experiences scale (SEES), a measure of global psychological responses to the stimulus properties of exercise, which can represent possible antecedents of specific affective r...

TL;DR: It is indicated that cancer survivors have unique and varied exercise counseling and programming preferences and the key to success for inactive cancer survivors may be to provide reassurance that exercise is a safe and beneficial modality for cancer survivors and to prescribe an exercise program that builds their confidence by slowly increasing the level of exercise intensity.