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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: The associations of muscle-strengthening exercise with recurrence and mortality among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review

Criteria

Inclusion

Exclusion

Date

• Published 2003 to present

• Published prior to 2003

Population

• Breast cancer survivors

• Non-human subjects

• Non-breast cancer survivors

Exercise

• Measure MSE (including resistance training, strength training, weight training, and weightlifting)

• Do not measure MSE (including resistance training, strength training, weight training, and weightlifting) or combine MSE with aerobic exercise participation for analyses

Concept

• Studies that include breast cancer recurrence, secondary cancer, breast cancer mortality, mortality events

• The absence of outcomes stated within inclusion criteria

Type of Evidence

• Primary empirical research studies available in full text

• Reviews and meta-analyses

• Editorials (e.g., perspectives, commentaries)

• Abstracts, proceedings, or posters

• Dissertations/theses

• Research protocols

• Case reports

• Patents

• Articles for which the full text cannot be obtained

Language

• English

• Not available in English

  1. Notes. MSE = Muscle-strengthening exercise