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Comparison of tai chi vs. strength training for fall prevention among female cancer survivors: study protocol for the GET FIT trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Cancer, December 2012
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Title
Comparison of tai chi vs. strength training for fall prevention among female cancer survivors: study protocol for the GET FIT trial
Published in
BMC Cancer, December 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2407-12-577
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Authors

Kerri M Winters-Stone, Fuzhong Li, Fay Horak, Shiuh-Wen Luoh, Jill A Bennett, Lillian Nail, Nathan Dieckmann

Abstract

Women with cancer are significantly more likely to fall than women without cancer placing them at higher risk of fall-related fractures, other injuries and disability. Currently, no evidence-based fall prevention strategies exist that specifically target female cancer survivors. The purpose of the GET FIT (Group Exercise Training for Functional Improvement after Treatment) trial is to compare the efficacy of two distinct types of exercise, tai chi versus strength training, to prevent falls in women who have completed treatment for cancer. The specific aims of this study are to: 1) Determine and compare the efficacy of both tai chi training and strength training to reduce falls in older female cancer survivors, 2) Determine the mechanism(s) by which tai chi and strength training each reduces falls and, 3) Determine whether or not the benefits of each intervention last after structured training stops.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 247 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 42 17%
Student > Bachelor 36 14%
Researcher 21 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 19 8%
Other 42 17%
Unknown 70 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 43 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 42 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 40 16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 4%
Social Sciences 8 3%
Other 27 11%
Unknown 81 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 June 2017.
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#1,419,694
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Outputs from BMC Cancer
#198
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#13,019
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Cancer
#5
of 107 outputs
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