Editorial Type:
Article Category: Case Report
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Online Publication Date: 23 Aug 2024

A Lived Experience of an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with Breast Cancer—A Unique Perspective of Exercise

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Page Range: 100 – 110
DOI: 10.31189/2165-6193-13.3.100
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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.

Self-identified issues associated with exercise.


FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.

(a) Hemoglobin during Adriamycin and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy cycles. (b) Hemoglobin during paclitaxel chemotherapy cycles.


FIGURE 3.
FIGURE 3.

L-Dex analysis for lymphedema (L-Dex = Lymphedema Index).


FIGURE 4.
FIGURE 4.

Heart rate versus distance: sample run session April 2024—31 min, 42 s, 5 km, minimum elevation = 961 m ASL, maximum elevation = 992 m ASL. Max heart rate = 171 b·min−1, average heart rate = 160 b·min−1.


Contributor Notes

Address for correspondence: Melissa J. Pearson, PhD, AEP, School of Science and Technology, University of New England, S002 Exercise Physiology, Trevanna Road, Armidale 2350, NSW, Australia; +61 0407 265 588; e-mail: mpears28@une.edu.au.

Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: None

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