Edmonton: Canadian and U.S. scientists have discovered that resistance training and yoga have proven advantageous to women with early-stage breast cancer.

In a statement, Lead author Kerry Courneya, of the University of Alberta, stated, “Breast cancer patients can exercise while they are receiving chemotherapy and achieve meaningful benefits in terms of physical fitness, body composition and self-esteem.”

Kerry divided women in three different groups: supervised resistance exercise three times weekly, supervised aerobics thrice a week and no aerobic or resistance training, also called the ‘usual care’ group. The median duration of chemotherapy and workout was 17 weeks.

The study disclosed that resistance work-out was more dependable than usual care for meliorating muscle power, lean body mass and confidence, whereas aerobics was more practiced than usual care for bettering aerobic fitness, self-confidence and fat present inside the body.

The second study by lead author Alyson Moadel, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, brought out that women being treated for early-stage breast cancer, who did yoga exercises had improved quality-of-life as compared to breast cancer patients who didn’t followed up yoga exercise routine.

The Journal of Clinical Oncology reported the findings.