Publications by authors named "Corrie J Effa"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how a special exercise program and an app worked for people with multiple myeloma (a type of cancer).
- Researchers talked to 20 people who tried the program to see what they thought about it.
- Most participants liked the program, especially because it was personalized and had different types of exercises, although they found some parts of the app a bit tricky to use.
Resistance Exercise and Art Therapy on Body Image in Breast Cancer: A Scoping Review.
Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle)
September 2020
Treatments for breast cancer are invasive, causing visible changes such as loss of the breast, body weight change, and hair loss. These changes in conjunction with the pressure for women to conform to societal beauty standards may lead to body image disturbance in breast cancer survivors (BCS). The aims of this scoping review were to explore the nature, characteristics, and extent of the literature examining resistance exercise or art therapy on body image in BCS; and examine how body image is defined and measured across the studies.
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