Does walking protect against decline in cognitive functioning among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy? Results from a small randomised controlled trial

Kajal Gokal; Fehmidah Munir; Samreen Ahmed; Kiran Kancherla; Deborah Wallis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206874

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Does walking protect against decline in cognitive functioning among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy? Results from a small randomised controlled trial

Kajal Gokal,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Centre for Advances in Behavioural Science, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

Affiliations School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Fehmidah Munir ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: f.munir@lboro.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5585-0243

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Samreen Ahmed,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Kiran Kancherla,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Deborah Wallis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Affiliations School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Does walking protect against decline in cognitive functioning among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy? Results from a small randomised controlled trial

Kajal Gokal,
Fehmidah Munir,
Samreen Ahmed,
Kiran Kancherla,
Deborah Wallis

Published: November 28, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206874

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