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This work is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (contract number FPU14/03435 to JSM); University of Alcala (contract number FPI2016 to PLV); Universidad Europea de Madrid [2015/UEM05, 2017/UEM14 and 2018/UEM02 and UEM2020/36]; and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias and Fondos FEDER [grant numbers PI15/00558 and PI18/00139 to AL] and Miguel Servet research contract [ref. #CP18/00034 to CFL]).
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Olivan, JesusAuthorConcurrent Exercise Interventions in Breast Cancer Survivors with Cancer-related Fatigue
Publicated to:International Journal Of Sports Medicine. 41 (11): 790-797 - 2020-01-01 41(11), DOI: 10.1055/a-1147-1513
Authors: Pagola, Itiziar; Morales, Javier S; Alejo, Lidia B; Barcelo, Olga; Montil, Marta; Olivan, Jesus; Alvarez-Bustos, Alejandro; Cantos, Blanca; Maximiano, Constanza; Hidalgo, Francisco; Valenzuela, Pedro L; Fiuza-Luces, Carmen; Lucia, Alejandro; Ruiz-Casado, Ana
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This study compared the effects of two supervised concurrent training interventions in breast cancer survivors with cancer-related fatigue at baseline. Twenty-three female breast cancer survivors (50 +/- 8 years) were randomized to a high- (n=13) or a moderate-intensity (n=10) training program. Both interventions lasted 16 weeks and included the same resistance exercises, but the aerobic component was supervised and more intense in the former (i.e., rating of perceived exertion of 7-8 vs. 6 on a 1-10 scale for the high and moderate-intensity intervention, respectively). The primary endpoint was fatigue perception. Endpoints were assessed at baseline and after 16 weeks. The p-value for statistical significance was set at 0.004 after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. The high-intensity training program increased lower-limb muscle strength significantly (p=0.002) and tended to improve fatigue perception (p=0.006), waist circumference (p=0.013), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (p=0.028) and some quality of life items (p=0.011). Although the moderate-intensity training program did not provide such benefits in general (i.e., higher p-values for pre vs post-intervention comparisons), no significant differences were found between interventions (all p>0.004). Further research is needed to elucidate if the benefits provided by high-intensity concurrent training are superior to those elicited by moderate-intensity training in breast cancer survivors.
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The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Sports Medicine due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 2.25, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)
This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:
- Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 9.16 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-10, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 6
- Scopus: 29
- OpenCitations: 10