Impact of progressive resistance training on CT quantified muscle and adipose tissue compartments in pancreatic cancer patients.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Loss of body weight is often seen in pancreatic cancer and also predicts poor prognosis. Thus, maintaining muscle mass is an essential treatment goal. The primary aim was to investigate whether progressive resistance training impacts muscle and adipose tissue compartme...

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Main Authors: Raoul Wochner, Dorothea Clauss, Johanna Nattenmüller, Christine Tjaden, Thomas Bruckner, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Thilo Hackert, Joachim Wiskemann, Karen Steindorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242785