Cardiorespiratory fitness prescriptions in integrative oncology with David Duzier, BSC, ND
Exercise prescriptions are an important part of a holistic approach to cancer care. There is an abundance of evidence in favor of cardiorespiratory prescriptions for cancer patients for the enhancement of quality of life, overall survival and recurrence risk reduction. Using precision exercise recommendations that factor in cardiorespiratory fitness baseline, type of cancer, stage of disease, current therapies underway and personal fitness limitations Naturopathic Doctors in Oncology can be the go-to providers for evidence-based cardiorespiratory support in integrative cancer cases.
Accurate and concise communication to the integrative cancer care patient is of utmost importance, especially when it comes to an exercise prescription. This presentation strives to provide the most up-to-date evidence for the following aspects of an exercise prescription in a way that is easy to further communicate to patients:
– Magnitude of benefit of exercise
– Assessment techniques for cardiorespiratory fitness
– Goal setting for the integrative cancer care patient – metrics, rational, etc
– Dose, type and frequency of exercise required to achieve cardiorespiratory fitness goal
– Contraindications, risks and adverse effect management of exercise
Using recent publications including systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials (see below for examples) providing quality evidence, guidelines for implementation and actionable goals attendees will have an opportunity to learn how to use exercise to:
– Improve quality of life, fitness, fatigue, strength, anxiety, depression, body mass index and waist circumference for their integrative cancer care patients
– Improve responses to chemotherapeutic agents
– Reduce the side effects of chemotherapy
– Reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and improve overall survival
Finally, a case series review will highlight how active metabolism tests in-office can guide exercise prescriptions and further contribute to patient adherence. From start to finish we will follow ten integrative cancer cases from a range of stages of therapy (active standard of care, post standard of care and active surveillance), ages, cancers and cardiorespiratory fitness levels. With VO2Max reports and active metabolism scoring for lung and heart health we will review before and after scores for a precision 12-week exercise program and quantify and qualify the benefit achieved for these patients.
Learning Objectives
1) Documented benefits for primary and secondary risk reduction, cancer mortality and quality of life
2) Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment options – Cart testing in clinical practice
3) Exercise prescription dosing and frequency in all stages of cancer treatment – evidence based, goal driven
4) Implementation, tracking and follow-up – Overcoming fitness challenges for the cancer patient
Exercise prescriptions are an important part of a holistic approach to cancer care. There is an abundance of evidence in favor of cardiorespiratory prescriptions for cancer patients for the enhancement of quality of life, overall survival and recurrence risk reduction. Using precision exercise recommendations that factor in cardiorespiratory fitness baseline, type of cancer, stage of disease, current therapies underway and personal fitness limitations Naturopathic Doctors in Oncology can be the go-to providers for evidence-based cardiorespiratory support in integrative cancer cases.
Accurate and concise communication to the integrative cancer care patient is of utmost importance, especially when it comes to an exercise prescription. This presentation strives to provide the most up-to-date evidence for the following aspects of an exercise prescription in a way that is easy to further communicate to patients:
– Magnitude of benefit of exercise
– Assessment techniques for cardiorespiratory fitness
– Goal setting for the integrative cancer care patient – metrics, rational, etc
– Dose, type and frequency of exercise required to achieve cardiorespiratory fitness goal
– Contraindications, risks and adverse effect management of exercise
Using recent publications including systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials (see below for examples) providing quality evidence, guidelines for implementation and actionable goals attendees will have an opportunity to learn how to use exercise to:
– Improve quality of life, fitness, fatigue, strength, anxiety, depression, body mass index and waist circumference for their integrative cancer care patients
– Improve responses to chemotherapeutic agents
– Reduce the side effects of chemotherapy
– Reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and improve overall survival
Finally, a case series review will highlight how active metabolism tests in-office can guide exercise prescriptions and further contribute to patient adherence. From start to finish we will follow ten integrative cancer cases from a range of stages of therapy (active standard of care, post standard of care and active surveillance), ages, cancers and cardiorespiratory fitness levels. With VO2Max reports and active metabolism scoring for lung and heart health we will review before and after scores for a precision 12-week exercise program and quantify and qualify the benefit achieved for these patients.
Learning Objectives
1) Documented benefits for primary and secondary risk reduction, cancer mortality and quality of life
2) Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment options – Cart testing in clinical practice
3) Exercise prescription dosing and frequency in all stages of cancer treatment – evidence based, goal driven
4) Implementation, tracking and follow-up – Overcoming fitness challenges for the cancer patient
Exercise prescriptions are an important part of a holistic approach to cancer care. There is an abundance of evidence in favor of cardiorespiratory prescriptions for cancer patients for the enhancement of quality of life, overall survival and recurrence risk reduction. Using precision exercise recommendations that factor in cardiorespiratory fitness baseline, type of cancer, stage of disease, current therapies underway and personal fitness limitations Naturopathic Doctors in Oncology can be the go-to providers for evidence-based cardiorespiratory support in integrative cancer cases.
Accurate and concise communication to the integrative cancer care patient is of utmost importance, especially when it comes to an exercise prescription. This presentation strives to provide the most up-to-date evidence for the following aspects of an exercise prescription in a way that is easy to further communicate to patients:
– Magnitude of benefit of exercise
– Assessment techniques for cardiorespiratory fitness
– Goal setting for the integrative cancer care patient – metrics, rational, etc
– Dose, type and frequency of exercise required to achieve cardiorespiratory fitness goal
– Contraindications, risks and adverse effect management of exercise
Using recent publications including systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials (see below for examples) providing quality evidence, guidelines for implementation and actionable goals attendees will have an opportunity to learn how to use exercise to:
– Improve quality of life, fitness, fatigue, strength, anxiety, depression, body mass index and waist circumference for their integrative cancer care patients
– Improve responses to chemotherapeutic agents
– Reduce the side effects of chemotherapy
– Reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and improve overall survival
Finally, a case series review will highlight how active metabolism tests in-office can guide exercise prescriptions and further contribute to patient adherence. From start to finish we will follow ten integrative cancer cases from a range of stages of therapy (active standard of care, post standard of care and active surveillance), ages, cancers and cardiorespiratory fitness levels. With VO2Max reports and active metabolism scoring for lung and heart health we will review before and after scores for a precision 12-week exercise program and quantify and qualify the benefit achieved for these patients.
Learning Objectives
1) Documented benefits for primary and secondary risk reduction, cancer mortality and quality of life
2) Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment options – Cart testing in clinical practice
3) Exercise prescription dosing and frequency in all stages of cancer treatment – evidence based, goal driven
4) Implementation, tracking and follow-up – Overcoming fitness challenges for the cancer patient